I was in the Lancs Evening Post
I was in the LEP yesterday on a two
page spread about political party activists in Preston. It concerned
what responses we got from residents on the doorstep due to the MPs
expenses furore. I told them I didn't get much hassle at all. In St
Georges and Deepdale we had a high turnout to ensure the BNP didn't get
in. (They did anyway).
Mark Hendrick MP has agreed to visit a
pharmacy as part of the "Building Bridges" campaign to showcase the
great strides pharmacy has made in health care provision in the past
decade - due to the Government's focus on increasing local health
provision. The pharmacy he will be visiting is the late night
Lloydspharmacy on Deepdale Road. Date to be finalised.
A little
mention of the Conservative PPC Nerissa Warner O'Neill was also in the
LEP. It said she promises to publish her expenses online and hold an
annual event to tell constituents what she has done for them in the
past year. Seriously though what were the local conservative
association thinking of choosing somone with a name like that to be
their PPC? Her kids are called Wayland and Nimue. Doesn't this
just show how snooty the local conservatives are? Do they not know that
Preston constituency is solidly working class? And she's not from the
north but from down south - what does she know of the northern working
class?
Published Date:
24/06/2009
Modified Date:
24/06/2009
Mark Hendrick MP and his expenses
Met Mark Hendrick MP last Thursday at
the meeting at the Town Hall. He gave a run down of his expenses. There
was no flipping of homes or tax avoidance. No over claiming of council
tax. No claims for duck houses or chandeliers. Mundane claims only
(much to the dissatisfaction of the local rag!). The LEP has been
mischieviously making a fuss about his claim for a bed and coffee
table.The fact is that MPs had what has been come to be known as the
'John Lewis' list and not a 'Primark' list. For those who don't know
about John Lewis suffice to say that its stock of wares is a tad on the
expensive side BUT let's not be hypocritical - if our employer gave us
a John Lewis list we too would buy things from within it. No one in the
office would get on their high horse and say they would rather go to
Primark or Pound Shop instead! So why do we expect MPs to?
Yes some MPs have clearly been dishonest and fraudulent - but not Mark Hendrick. Sorry LEP and Daily Telegraph, look elsewhere!
Published Date:
24/06/2009
Modified Date:
24/06/2009