Farewell Austin Mitchell
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/labour-mp-au...
An independently minded and personable chap. They seem increasingly rare in parliament nowadays.
An independently minded and personable chap. They seem increasingly rare in parliament nowadays.
Always been there from my childhood onwards.
First on Calendar then as a “real” MP, not some lawyer parachuted into a constituency by the national party.
Grimsby has to be the least fashionable constituency but Austin stood there and did a good job by all accounts.
First on Calendar then as a “real” MP, not some lawyer parachuted into a constituency by the national party.
Grimsby has to be the least fashionable constituency but Austin stood there and did a good job by all accounts.
Edited by lrdisco on Wednesday 18th August 19:29
He did.
"Tower Block of Commons has featured four MPs: Mitchell, the Tories' Nadine Dorries and Tim Loughton, and Liberal Democrat Mark Oaten. They all spent a week living on a different housing estate and the programmes have shown how they engaged with local residents.
Three of the four programmes have already been shown and Mitchell has emerged less well than some of the other MPs because he was the only one to insist on having a flat of his own, instead of sharing with a resident. He also, on one occasion, left to have dinner with friends."
"Tower Block of Commons has featured four MPs: Mitchell, the Tories' Nadine Dorries and Tim Loughton, and Liberal Democrat Mark Oaten. They all spent a week living on a different housing estate and the programmes have shown how they engaged with local residents.
Three of the four programmes have already been shown and Mitchell has emerged less well than some of the other MPs because he was the only one to insist on having a flat of his own, instead of sharing with a resident. He also, on one occasion, left to have dinner with friends."
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