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Originally Posted by Gayle
That's an excellent post Jaysay and conveys exactly what I was thinking. Obviously, I don't know Ken but I am aware of his standing in the community and the respect that people of all parties still have for him. I don't know Greg an awful lot better but I have seen him in action and I am able to pop in for a chat if I want.
I've always said that Greg is a local MP rather than a career MP which is basically what you've said. He'd rather work on individual issues for local people than be someone who is in politics just to get as much power as possible. Unfortunately, some people see this as a negative and like their MPs to be more high profile.
I was told the other day that Greg can't have done much for Hyndburn because his face isn't in the paper very often!!!! This came from a fairly staunch labour voter who is considering changing his vote at the next election. I tried to explain all that an MP does and why there's no need to have the glory of having every single success in the paper but it didn't wash. So it would appear that to be doing something you actually have to be seen to be doing something!!!
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That's the only problem these days Gayle, its not what you do, but what your seen to have done, I have often said, that irrespective of political allegiance any one being prepared to give up their time to work for the community they live in, deserve a big thank you form everybody, because working for the general public is one of the most thankless jobs you could have. The trouble is you can't satisfy all of the people all of the time, your damned if you do and damned if you don't. People never hear of phone calls at 7am on a Sunday Morning or 11pm on a Friday night and believe me it does happen on a regular basis