Who is your MP & are they any good?
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As mentioned earlier, mine is Rishi.
I emailed him recently on an opportunity for a game changing move for our UK company in the energy transition. Got a letter back assuring he has flagged it up to BEIS and will be expecting to hear back directly from them.
Not bad considering the other 'stuff' he has on the desk /calculator at the mo.
I emailed him recently on an opportunity for a game changing move for our UK company in the energy transition. Got a letter back assuring he has flagged it up to BEIS and will be expecting to hear back directly from them.
Not bad considering the other 'stuff' he has on the desk /calculator at the mo.
Mhairi Black!
Lucked into the job on the back of the SNP surge following the 2014 independence referendum - selected when no-one thought she had a chance of winning and was still a student at the time she was elected - absolutely no-one knew who she was and most people were just voting against the previous incumbent (and thoroughly excellent in terms of standing up for local issues) Douglas Alexander because of false election propaganda put around by empowered Scottish Nationalist activists that linked Alexander with the closure of the Linwood car factory in the constituency (he was in high school at the time, not to mention that he represented Labour and the factory closed under a Conservative government).
Black has since gone on to become famous for bringing a drag act going by the name of "Flow Job" into a primary school to talk about sex education, and for picking her nose on primetime TV, plus there is significant anecdotal evidence to suggest that her sudden rise to fame and involvement in the London nightlife has caused her to develop other 'habits'.
Has done several interviews stating that she did not want to continue to be an MP, yet despite having two opportunities to stand down since she hasn't taken them.
Lucked into the job on the back of the SNP surge following the 2014 independence referendum - selected when no-one thought she had a chance of winning and was still a student at the time she was elected - absolutely no-one knew who she was and most people were just voting against the previous incumbent (and thoroughly excellent in terms of standing up for local issues) Douglas Alexander because of false election propaganda put around by empowered Scottish Nationalist activists that linked Alexander with the closure of the Linwood car factory in the constituency (he was in high school at the time, not to mention that he represented Labour and the factory closed under a Conservative government).
Black has since gone on to become famous for bringing a drag act going by the name of "Flow Job" into a primary school to talk about sex education, and for picking her nose on primetime TV, plus there is significant anecdotal evidence to suggest that her sudden rise to fame and involvement in the London nightlife has caused her to develop other 'habits'.
Has done several interviews stating that she did not want to continue to be an MP, yet despite having two opportunities to stand down since she hasn't taken them.
Edited by Evercross on Tuesday 27th October 21:17
monkfish1 said:
Greg smith. Replaced John Bercow. So at least we get a vote now.
Looks to be a "tow the line" kinda guy.
Wrote to him. Got cut and paste party line reply.
Early indications are, waste of space.
Mine too. Wrote to him and got a prompt reply and he seemed to do what he could to resolve the issue, so good locally from my perspective. Not expecting him to deviate from the party line though, new MP and a Boris intake one at that.Looks to be a "tow the line" kinda guy.
Wrote to him. Got cut and paste party line reply.
Early indications are, waste of space.
Apsana Begum
No idea if they’re any good, had to look them up. Quite what a 30 year old in opposition can achieve for their constituency (which voted 4x as much labour than Conservative) I have no idea.
Is it just a bunch of lobbying and throwing mud at the government? Does an opposition MP have any real power?
No idea if they’re any good, had to look them up. Quite what a 30 year old in opposition can achieve for their constituency (which voted 4x as much labour than Conservative) I have no idea.
Is it just a bunch of lobbying and throwing mud at the government? Does an opposition MP have any real power?
I live in one of the safest conservative seats in the country, we were until the last election lucky enough to have Rory Stewart who was generally considered by all political sides to be an excellent constituancy MP.
Now we have Neil Hudson parachuted in by tory hq who after a slow start seems to be doing a reasonable job, he's behind the campaign to save the local agricultural college and that's help his popularity somewhat.
Now we have Neil Hudson parachuted in by tory hq who after a slow start seems to be doing a reasonable job, he's behind the campaign to save the local agricultural college and that's help his popularity somewhat.
Jack Lopresti (Con) - utterly useless. Has some of the poorest wards in South Glos but ignores them and leaves it to councillors and local organisations and just cosies up to various defence companies (rather than visiting the MoD HQ and the 8,000+ civil servants in his constituency), pops his head up for a photo opportunity with a cabinet member, asks the most cringeworthy questions in Parliament, follows the whip like a salivating dog and has a dubious voting record.
Sadly he has a broad enough demographic in his constituency and the deluded Bradley Stoke wards will always return a Tory because they think to do otherwise would imply they aren’t as rich as they think they are.
Sadly he has a broad enough demographic in his constituency and the deluded Bradley Stoke wards will always return a Tory because they think to do otherwise would imply they aren’t as rich as they think they are.
pablo said:
Jack Lopresti (Con) - utterly useless. Has some of the poorest wards in South Glos but ignores them and leaves it to councillors and local organisations and just cosies up to various defence companies (rather than visiting the MoD HQ and the 8,000+ civil servants in his constituency), pops his head up for a photo opportunity with a cabinet member, asks the most cringeworthy questions in Parliament, follows the whip like a salivating dog and has a dubious voting record.
Sadly he has a broad enough demographic in his constituency and the deluded Bradley Stoke wards will always return a Tory because they think to do otherwise would imply they aren’t as rich as they think they are.
Left his wife for my local MP (Andrea Jenkyns) up here near Leeds and fathered their "Brexit baby", Clifford. Sadly he has a broad enough demographic in his constituency and the deluded Bradley Stoke wards will always return a Tory because they think to do otherwise would imply they aren’t as rich as they think they are.
A more awful couple is hard to imagine.
My mum moved to Bradley Stoke when it was rapidly expanding, I have some find memories of the place but it never felt like it had much if an identity beyond being a massive housing estate with handy motorway links and a Hungry Horse nearby.
John Lamont Tory but at least he stopped the SNP getting all Scottish seats. Bloody disgrace that he voted against the food standards bill as his is a rural constituency and if Agriculture is sold down the toilet for some nice foot and mouth infected Brazilian beef I will kick his arse very hard!
tell me, what has she done recently? Absolutely f-all?PurpleTurtle said:
Matt Rodda is my MP in pro-EU Reading East.
I voted Labour for the first time ever to help him retain his seat against an absolute @rse of a Brexiteer first time Tory candidate called Craig Morley, whose approach to standing for Parliament for the first time involved abusing as many of his would be constituents as possible on Twitter, blocking anyone who disagreed with him. Utterly deluded in his approach to dealing with people.
Consequently, against the backdrop of a national electoral Labour disaster because of Corbyn, Matt Rodda saw a healthy increase in his majority in 2019.
He's a good constituency MP, who lives in it and campaigns on a number of local issues.
This, spoke to Rhodda when he was on the campaign trail and he seemed quite well grounded. His opposition couldnt be seen and did nothing but post generic Tory propaganda through the mail slot. I put it straight into the bin as laminated paper can't be recycled.I voted Labour for the first time ever to help him retain his seat against an absolute @rse of a Brexiteer first time Tory candidate called Craig Morley, whose approach to standing for Parliament for the first time involved abusing as many of his would be constituents as possible on Twitter, blocking anyone who disagreed with him. Utterly deluded in his approach to dealing with people.
Consequently, against the backdrop of a national electoral Labour disaster because of Corbyn, Matt Rodda saw a healthy increase in his majority in 2019.
He's a good constituency MP, who lives in it and campaigns on a number of local issues.
Edited by PurpleTurtle on Wednesday 23 September 12:07
To me Rhodda is more of a centrist, definately not a Corbynist and seems like he would stand up for the electorate.
It's little wonder he appeals to Reading East which is mainly middle class white collar.
Andrew Gwynne (Lab). Makes a big show of speaking to residents on social media, but then ignores them completely. Also a complete gobs
te. Voted no confidence in Corbyn, but then ran his election campaign. My mate is the chair of the Constituency Labour Party in a neighbouring borough (which will fall under Gwynne if the boundary changes come in; he never has a good word for him. He recently said he's surprised he remembers where Denton and Reddish is, as he's always at his second (or third if you count his London pad) home in the Lakes.
I'm moving away from there as soon as I've finished the work I need to do to let the place, then I'll be in Esther McVey's constituency...
te. Voted no confidence in Corbyn, but then ran his election campaign. My mate is the chair of the Constituency Labour Party in a neighbouring borough (which will fall under Gwynne if the boundary changes come in; he never has a good word for him. He recently said he's surprised he remembers where Denton and Reddish is, as he's always at his second (or third if you count his London pad) home in the Lakes.I'm moving away from there as soon as I've finished the work I need to do to let the place, then I'll be in Esther McVey's constituency...
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