Re: greg pope
 

Quick call an ambulance Gayle has just had a heart attack :D :D

Re: greg pope
 

If you notice Wynonie has been a bit crafty here and qualified his response.

(IF i'd been residing in St Andrews Ward) get it IF.:D

Re: greg pope
 

Don't know where you get the idea from that I've got a downer on Gayle. Although I've never had the pleasure of meeting her, I'm of the opinion that she is a diligent and hard-working individual who would go the extra mile for her constituents, if she were ever elected to the council.

The fact that she's a member of a party whose leaders are hypocritical, incompetent and display a deep contempt for democracy is neither here nor there. We all have our little faults! ;)

Re: greg pope
 

Hi

I hesitate to add to this thread but felt I ought to explain one aspect of why I voted for the war, and I certainly didn't mean to ignore the views of people in Hyndburn. To be honest I don't know what the views of everyone in Hyndburn was at the time, but I guess like most of the country it was fairly evenly split (depsite the large campaign against the war polls showed that public opinion was divided). My point was that, even if there was a majority against the war, on such a vital issue MPs had to make a choice on what they thought was right for the country. All MPs had a variety of pressures on them in the run-up to the vote - the views of constituents, family, friends, colleagues, party members, whips and so on. I decided, after a lot of thought, that I had to do what I believed was right and then face the consequences, which might mean losing my seat. I said at the last election that 'sometimes you have to do what is right rather than what is popular' and I stand by that, but that doesn't mean ignoring the views of my constituents. It does mean would rather lose doing what is right than win by being false to you.

Re: greg pope
 

Thank you Greg for taking the time to come and explain here. :)

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Well at least we know now the reasoning behind your descision Greg. Sometimes we all have to make a hard choice in our lives that wont be popular.

Re: greg pope
 

Thank's for the input Greg, I, probably along with some other members of accyweb, realise a lot of the Iraq discussion is carried out with the benefit of hindsight. The initial invasion was to rid the World of Saddam Hussein, and not to create a new 'Vietnam'.

Re: greg pope
 

on such a vital issue MPs had to make a choice on what they thought was right for the country. All MPs had a variety of pressures on them in the run-up to the vote - appreciate your input greg, was a difficult dilema granted,my view has always been- an M.P. first and foremost should always represent his constituents and to me not one of them did.many views have changed since the war i realise that.again thanks for your input.