They Work For You
I have been meaning to talk about this for so long that it almost seems like old news - but hey - I just got round to it. I have to say you haven't missed much in the months I prevaricated though...
It's called http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ and it's a service where you can send messages to your MP -among other things, and sign up for an email notification every time they speak in the House. Ours is Nick Raynsford, of course, and I can guarantee you're not going to get inundated with emails. Most of them consist of comments of the "Hear, hear" variety and disclosures of interest whenever new-build housing is mentioned.
Still, I guess he is at least telling us about his chairmanship of the Construction Industry Council and the National Housebuilding Council, disclosure not being a common thing in the government just now. Just don't expect any support for objections to new-builds in the area...
The site logs all kinds of things about our MPs - from the important - how many times Our Nick spoke in parliament (average), replied to written questions (well below average) voted (above average,) - to the frivolous - did you know he used three-word alliterative phrases ('she sells sea-shells') 533 times in debates last year - well above, apparently, the national average.
There you go - something to be proud of...
It's called http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ and it's a service where you can send messages to your MP -among other things, and sign up for an email notification every time they speak in the House. Ours is Nick Raynsford, of course, and I can guarantee you're not going to get inundated with emails. Most of them consist of comments of the "Hear, hear" variety and disclosures of interest whenever new-build housing is mentioned.
Still, I guess he is at least telling us about his chairmanship of the Construction Industry Council and the National Housebuilding Council, disclosure not being a common thing in the government just now. Just don't expect any support for objections to new-builds in the area...
The site logs all kinds of things about our MPs - from the important - how many times Our Nick spoke in parliament (average), replied to written questions (well below average) voted (above average,) - to the frivolous - did you know he used three-word alliterative phrases ('she sells sea-shells') 533 times in debates last year - well above, apparently, the national average.
There you go - something to be proud of...
Labels: Services
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
09:29
2 Comments:
That's hilarious... I was just about to blog the exact same thing!
I feel we get very poor service indeed from our MP. All he ever does is show up, mention his conflict of interest, then proceed to lobby on items that will probably enrich him personally, thanks to his network of directorships in the construction industry.
A couple of years ago he was a "90 days" rebel. But now I think the fire has gone. Time for some new blood to freshen things up, I reckon.
the whole lot of them need freshening up. I have to put up with Bridget Prentice (Lewisham) who has not had the gumption through hundreds of votes to disagree with the Govt on one single major issue. Not once has a matter of principle pricked her concience enough to risk her Labour Party career with even an absention. Is that really representation? (actually she has rebelled a total of 18 times in approx 2700 votes over 3 Parliaments, almost always on procedural matters (House of Lords, MPs pensions etc). I can't wait until she hits my doorstep!
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