Sydney Norman John Rapson (born 17 April 1942) is a British former Labour politician who served as the MP for Portsmouth North from 1997 to 2005.
[citation needed] In 2001, Rapson was one of a number of MPs stung by the satirical Channel 4 documentary series Brass Eye, which filmed him for its controversial "Paedogeddon!"
He was filmed describing "trust-me trousers", which were supposedly worn by paedophiles and inflated to hide an erection.
The MP complained to the Broadcasting Standards Commission that he had been duped into appearing on the show and that it had infringed his privacy.
The BSC ruled against him, saying the means used to deceive the MPs "were justified in the context of the serious issues raised by the programme" and in particular "the dangers of people in the public eye speaking with apparent authority about matters they do not understand".