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Old 09-07-2013, 06:47   #190
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: MPs Pay Rise

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris View Post
The only time I've ever lived in a constituency where the MP was like that was when I lived in Hyndburn and the late Ken Hargreaves was in office. He went the extra mile for me when I was sorting out my missus's UK residency with the Home Office. And when his government were introducing the poll tax, he defied the party whip and voted against it, because he knew it would harm his constituents. To my mind, Tory or not, he was an outstanding local MP.
That was then Wyn.
There can be few MP's in the current clan who could live up to this man.
When Ken was in politics it was a whole different ball game.
People went into it to make a difference, rather than having their eye on the main chance and feathering their own nest.
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