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polly · 29-06-2008, 23:20

The problem with MP's is nto their salaries, their homes, or their pensions.
The major problem we have in this country is that most MP's are aligned and controlled by a major political party. in other words they are career MP's and they belong to the party not to their electorate.

Get rid of the career MP's (virtually impossible with our system) bring in MP's who really live in their constituencies and who trully represent their home towns and all the rest will work itself out.
The same is also true at council level

however, one thing we should not do is reduce the number of MP's, this will only give them larger constituencies and less time for local work (trust me I live in Blackburn I know how imp0ortant it is that a MP has time for his/her constituents)

29-06-2008, 23:20	#2
polly Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 546 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 720	Re: Squandered....... The problem with MP's is nto their salaries, their homes, or their pensions. The major problem we have in this country is that most MP's are aligned and controlled by a major political party. in other words they are career MP's and they belong to the party not to their electorate. Get rid of the career MP's (virtually impossible with our system) bring in MP's who really live in their constituencies and who trully represent their home towns and all the rest will work itself out. The same is also true at council level however, one thing we should not do is reduce the number of MP's, this will only give them larger constituencies and less time for local work (trust me I live in Blackburn I know how imp0ortant it is that a MP has time for his/her constituents) Last edited by polly; 29-06-2008 at 23:22.