Trust me I'm Your MP!
24/12/06 12:01 |
Personal
Is it because she prefers the nearby neighbourhood? Perhaps the standard of education is better at the schools down the road?
No, it is nothing more than she wants to move to a seat with a larger majority and thereby secure her position as an MP without having to work for the honour. Her present constituency has a majority of just 2,000 while the neighbouring one has a majority of almost 12,000. According to "a senior party source" Ms. Kelly is convinced she is likely to lose another election - and be out of a job - if she stays where she is.
This seems to sum up the attitude of most MPs nowadays. Rather than represent the interests of the people who have put their trust into what they see as the honesty and integrity of their chosen representative, they run at the first sign of a rocky road in order to protect their over inflated salaries, pension schemes and expense allowances. They are not interested in protecting the people who have given them their job, they are only interested in protecting their own futures.
In Ms. Kelly's case, if she were to lose her seat at the next election, it would be because either she had not been seen to fulfill her role to her local electorate, or the government, of which she is a Minister, has lost any appeal it once had to the local people.
Either way it used to be known as democracy!
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