| Topic: | Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | |
| Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
| Date/Time: | 13/05/09 11:53:00 |
| "I always had the tenet that as an elected person you should never claim for anything that would embarass you if made public" Dan This seems an eminently sensible rule to follow. As it happens the matter of the Keens' second home surfaced shortly before the 2005 General Election and as a consequence the pair of them effectively spent the entire campaign in hiding, avoiding hustings meetings and any other scenario in which they might have encountered awkward questions for members of the public. I'm not sure whether they were embarrassed - they seem incapable of embarrassment and appear of the view that anything they can grab from the trough is their birthright as a consequence of their innate greatness - but they certainly weren't in the mood to discuss it. In the event it worked on that occasion, and they and their supporters had a good smirk about it at the election count at the expense of their gullible voters. However, the fact that the Keens themselves were unprepared to publicly defend their actions probably explains why not too many of their supporters seem willing to do so on their behalf, and under the circumstances one could hardly blame them. They do however have a little team of letter-writers, or rather people who are prepared to put their names to pre-written letters (they have been caught out on this on at least one occasion), that get sent to the letters' pages of the local press telling us all how lucky we local people are to have the Keens as our MPs. Two of them actually live outside the borough and are therefore able to pontificate to us in the knowledge that they can safely withdraw at any time of their choosing because nobody really knows them anyway. That's my take on the matter. I'm not sure whether I'm one of the people you have down as a political opponent of the Keens, but in reality I and my Group have no selfish interest in this general election as we are not participating in it. Ordinarily we wouldn't take a position, but as the Keens have chosen to make us their enemy we find ourselves involved whether we like it or not. |
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| Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 31/03/09 19:34:00 | David Giles |
| Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 31/03/09 22:05:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 31/03/09 22:10:00 | Michael Brandt |
| CBS news | 02/04/09 17:19:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:CBS news | 02/04/09 19:32:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:CBS news | 02/04/09 20:13:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 04/04/09 01:15:00 | Margaret Elizabeth Shaw |
| Re:Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 04/04/09 09:36:00 | Phil Andrews |
| Re:Re:Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 04/04/09 10:49:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 04/04/09 12:33:00 | Phil Andrews |
| Re:Re:Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 12/05/09 13:27:00 | Tony Wood |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 12/05/09 14:51:00 | Margaret Elizabeth Shaw |
| Bump Bump Bump | 12/05/09 12:21:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Bump Bump Bump | 13/05/09 08:14:00 | Dan Filson |
| Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 13/05/09 11:53:00 | Phil Andrews |
| This is all very sad | 13/05/09 14:34:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:This is all very sad | 14/05/09 12:39:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 13/05/09 20:24:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 13/05/09 22:43:00 | Dan Filson |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 14/05/09 19:46:00 | David Giles |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 14/05/09 22:34:00 | Dan Filson |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 15/05/09 12:48:00 | David Giles |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 15/05/09 12:59:00 | Margaret Elizabeth Shaw |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 15/05/09 19:26:00 | Dan Filson |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bump Bump Bump | 20/05/09 13:50:00 | David Giles |
| Ann Keen's Expenses in 2007- 2008 | 20/05/09 17:51:00 | David Giles |
| Re:Ann Keen's Expenses in 2007- 2008 | 20/05/09 21:00:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Ann Keen's Expenses in 2007- 2008 | 20/05/09 21:29:00 | Craig Quilliam |
| Re:Re:Re:Ann Keen's Expenses in 2007- 2008 | 20/05/09 21:46:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Ann Keen's Expenses in 2007- 2008 | 21/05/09 10:12:00 | Margaret Elizabeth Shaw |
| Re:Re:Re:Ann Keen's Expenses in 2007- 2008 | 21/05/09 13:11:00 | Bernadette Paul |
| Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 22/05/09 13:03:00 | Robert A Field |
| Re:Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 22/05/09 16:17:00 | Fraser Pearce |
| Re:Re:Re:Brentford has Britain's most costly MP | 22/05/09 19:49:00 | Dan Filson |