of articles about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from a beach in the Algarve in Portugal, in the Daily Mail. The tone with which these articles were written was later described as having a "touch of arrogant xenophobia" by The Guardians Marcel Berlins. The Press Complaints Commission that year received 485 complaints, a huge increase in the number of complaints in comparison to previous years, his article on the McCann affair receiving the most complaints. In an article for the Daily Mirror in 2007, entitled "Oh Up Yours Senor", he said of Portugal's ambassador to Britain, Senhor António Santana Carlos, "And I would respectfully suggest that in future, if you can't say something constructive about the disappearance of little Madeleine, then you just keep your stupid, sardine-munching mouth shut". In 2009, Parsons signed a three-book contract with HarperCollins for two further novels and a non-fiction book titled Fear of Fake Breasts. He also writes a monthly column for GQ magazine and, until August 2013, a weekly column for the Daily Mirror. Parsons has expressed in articles a strong loathing for tattoos. In the 1990s he wrote a story titled "The Tattooed Jungle", suggesting that tattoos were symptomatic of the decline of the working class. In a 2012 article for GQ magazine, he lamented the fact that in the last 20 years in Britain, tattoos have become mainstream, common among both sexes and to all economic classes; he wrote that tattoos "remain ugly, hideous daubings that make my flesh crawl with revulsion every time I see one". The end of his association with the Daily Mirror came at the beginning of September 2013, with Parsons reportedly leaving the title after 18 years because of a cut in its editorial budget. Less than two weeks later it was announced that he had joined The Sun on Sunday; Parsons said his previous paper was "dying" because it was giving away its content for free online. He has been a supporter of the Conservative Party since 2015. Tony Parsons has taken a strident stance in support of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union for many years. In 2013, he wrote an article published in the Daily Mirror titled 'Why I am one of the millions who would not wipe their dog with the EU flag'. He was a strong advocate of Brexit in the run-up to the referendum and continues to be. Parsons' newspaper