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Post by Moose on Feb 24, 2017 4:08:22 GMT
is now a Tory. This is not a happy event.
Predictably, Corbyn supporters are blaming moderates and moderates are blaming Corbyn.
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Post by tangent on Feb 24, 2017 11:20:50 GMT
I blame the 40 or so MPs who put Corbyn's name forward as a leader. They have such poor judgement I wouldn't trust any of them in government.
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Post by JoeP on Feb 24, 2017 13:51:52 GMT
At least your local MP isn't a UKipper.
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Post by Moose on Feb 24, 2017 18:30:02 GMT
I like Corbyn
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Post by spaceflower on Feb 25, 2017 11:20:43 GMT
Ah, the British system. You just have only one MP. Well, at least you know where to turn with your viewpoints.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 27, 2017 4:35:24 GMT
Heh...Do your MPs have regular open meeting with constituents?
Here, they are generally called 'Town Halls' and our elected representatives are expected to make an appearance, make a general statement and take questions from their constituents. Reputedly, this traditionally happens during recesses in the deliberative body and the representative can return to their district.
Of course, constituents are usually not big donors, so there tends to be a lot of bored posing on the part of the elected official. Howsomever, what with programs being led to the executioner's block with frightening frequency, masses of startled, upset and angry constituents are showing up at these events and making the elected officials uncomfortable with pointed questions and terse demands. Some elected officials are even dodging the opportunity to meet with their own district voters...their constituents.
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Post by tangent on Feb 27, 2017 11:21:13 GMT
Heh...Do your MPs have regular open meeting with constituents? Here, they are generally called 'Town Halls' and our elected representatives are expected to make an appearance, make a general statement and take questions from their constituents. Yes, but they are called 'surgeries' and not 'town halls' and they usually take a different format. I've never attended one but I get the impression constituents meet their MP in ones and twos, as in a doctor's surgery - hence the name. No surgery is performed. They are intended to be private conversations where the MP can speak frankly. But a few years ago, two reporters attended a surgery where the MP gave a frank admission of his opinions. They recorded the conversation and published it, much to his embarrassment. So now, MPs are somewhat guarded in what they say. There are general dangers, of course. Jo Cox was killed last year when she held an open surgery, more like the American town hall, in a library.
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Post by Moose on Feb 27, 2017 18:37:36 GMT
Hmmm maybe I should go and bug this new Tory lady
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