Being an MP and a Councillor at the same time

[calibrax]

At the election here in Rochester, the Conservative candidate, Kelly Tolhurst, sent out a leaflet and in it she said that she ran a thriving business.

As a voter in this area, I asked on her Facebook page if she would be able to devote 100% of her time to being an MP and representing her constituents, or would the business still take up a portion of her time. The reply was that she would appoint people to run her business and she would devote all her time to her parliamentary duties.

Come election day, it turned out that as well as being the Conservative candidate for MP, she was also down as standing for the local elections as a councillor.

Someone posted on her Facebook page and asked which box should she tick to vote for her. The reply was "Both!". Another person replied to that and said "But you told Calibrax you would devote all your time to being an MP". No reply was given to this. So on Saturday I replied "Typical politician, tells you what you want to hear. She was clearly hedging her bets in case she lost and she would have the council job to fall back on. But I don't expect you'll get a reply, in fact I would not be surprised if this comment was deleted. It's disgraceful."

Sunday morning... as predicted, the comments are gone, deleted. And I can no longer post on the page.

Kelly Tolhurst was elected as MP, and also elected as a councillor.

Thoughts? Am I making too much of this? She's lied to the electorate, and censored criticism, as well as taking two jobs when she should be concentrating on one or the other. Is this just what we should expect from politicians and we should just let them get away with it?

[calibrax]

ofcorsa said:

I mean't why delete the messages questioning the MP about her response?

Yes, that's the bit that's annoyed me more than anything. She could have simply answered the question, but she (or whoever runs her Facebook page) decided to bury the question.

[calibrax]

jogon said:

Did you seriously vote for this women?

http://youtu.be/gkqa4Yduikc

Bat st mental comes to mind. Should have stuck with Reckless.

No, I didn't vote for her in the end. But I agree with you, Reckless was a good MP, and it's a real shame he didn't keep his seat.