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Originally Posted by Bazf
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Thank you, Bazf, for this timely reference. I must admit that I find it puzzling that the electorate of Hyndburn have yet again returned this man as their representative.. We are of course, fully aware of his stance on the rights of goldfish, and his desire to rid the borough of the uncivilised hunting, shooting and fishing fraternity. But I must admit to being somewhat shocked that the subject of his last two written parliamentary questions is that of "Evidence obtained under torture in another country".
This is from the same person who supported the war in Iraq. It would seem to me that -irrespective of the argument for or against the war - there should be some logical consistency in his stance, and that ramming the occaisional hot poker up the bum of some dubious Al Quida supporter in return for life -saving information pales into insignificance compared to the thousands dead (both Anglo/American and Iraqi) as a consequence of the entry into Iraq.
Therefore one must suspect some ulterior motive in his decision to ask these questions. Could it possibly, I wonder, be anything to do with the General Election timing? Could it well be these questions were asked at the behest of a certain section of the Hyndburn constituency, in the knowledge of an election most likely in the coming? One thing is for certain - there was no publicity about this. I do not recall anything in his electoral address mentioning these questions.
I wonder what the size of his majority would otherwise have been, had the people of Hyndburn known their MP had set, as his priority, the rights of foreign nationals before the interests of his constituents?