[Margaret Pilkington]

Graham, the thing is....I DO see good in people. Politicians though, have disappointed me so many times.
Making assumptions about them leads to us, the electorate, being duped.
Many of those in the POW seem to live in a different world to us. They seem to believe that the rules that we live by are not the ones that they should follow.

And forgive me, but unless you make it really plain to those who follow you, by deeds(words mean very little when coming from a politician) then I don't assume the best......I assume that you are waiting for directions from those in the Labour Party who yank your chain.
Your personal morals are one thing.....your political ones are something entirely different.

Graham, you used to give straight answers. When did you learn to be so obscure?
You have changed since you became our MP. You have become like those you mix with.

All this may sound really cynical, but my cynicism has been caused by trusting what the people in power tell me.
Having my trust dashed more than once.

The political apathy that is present in many of the ordinary people like me, has been caused by politicians not giving our concerns any consideration.....by thinking that we are too dumb to be able to understand things.....by talking to us like we are incapable of rational thought.
By thinking that we can be hoodwinked......it is sad, but that is how it is.
Many of the electorate realise that their votes mean very little when it comes to influencing what happens in this country....we have NO democratic power, because which ever party you choose to follow, they are all the same.
You are not in the job for what you can do for me( or the people of Hyndburn).......you are in it for your own ends.

Graham, I am just being honest. Telling it how I see it. Anyone who knows me personally will tell you that this is how I have always been. I have no plans to change anytime soon.