| Topic: | Re:Re:Since when did husting mean barracking? | |
| Posted by: | Michael Brandt | |
| Date/Time: | 25/04/10 14:34:00 |
| Well said, Mr Waller, How eloquently put. I don't think I will be so deft at pointing out some of the slanted snipes bereft of any substance. I went to the hustings meeting and a few were a bit crude with their language. But thugs, pond life and scum? Come off it. Rumbustuous, yes. But really it was tamer than anything seen in the commons. But for the sitting MP to fail to show is an absolute disgrace. I felt for Mr Curran, who is obviously unquestioningly loyal to Ann Keen but really was dropped in it. It shows nothing but contempt for the local electorate, and more importantly for democracy. Mrs Keen has, along with many other sitting MPs got a lot to answer her electorate about. Rightly or wrongly, the Mr and Mrs Expenses tag has stuck to them like superglue and for longer than the revelations of this summer. It has rendered her ministerial work as insignificant and highlighted that this district really needs a good constituency MP not a cabinet junior minister who has spent too long brown-nosing her way up the slippery pole. To avoid hustings, like she has avoided almost everything else that may be a little awkward, reflects very badly on her and her party. I would sooner vote Labour as the tories have fielded an inappropriate candidate for this area and I am unsure as to who else is capable. But I'm sorry, If Mrs Keen chooses only to lobby minority groups, the party faithful, and evade those potential labour voters and constituents who she has to represent who want some sort of answer to reassure, then who can hand on heart vote for her? |