From Conservative Home's front page we read:
"New MPs set out with confidence 
"With fresh faces making up a third of the Chamber, government and opposition alike are finding it difficult to keep a firm grip on this large, confident and surprisingly effective new group. Their sturdy individualism has its roots in Gordon Brown’s decision to eschew the general election he had been expected to call in the autumn of 2007. Jonathan Isaby, an editor of ConservativeHome, the website for Tory activists, said: “Those new MPs who have been in their constituencies for a while, especially those who have been councillors, are primarily going to be accountable to their local constituencies -"
4 comments:
None will step up to the challenge. Too much to lose - financially - and that's all they're interested in these days.
Well my "Sturdy Individualist" MP, Chloe Smith certainly won't. I emailed her twice before the election on serious constitutional matters, and on each occasion she voted according to her masters wishes.
Now at the tender age of 28 she's been made a Whip! Comments in the local paper suggested this would make her even less likely to side with constituents views, and to confirm this a letter in tonight's edition complains that she also supported the government line on the fox hunting issue.
So that's at least 2 of us who realise that "Our" MP is of little use....
None of them will "cause" problems, they are merely "yes men" chosen by Camerloon to follow his lunatic policies.
SR: too true!
A and A: you both make valid points!
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