I have been blocked from my MP’s Twitter account. I suspect that she has taken exception to some of the questions I have asked her. I have always been deeply polite, and never resorted to some of the petty name calling that both her, and her colleagues resort to at times. Whilst I detest her politics, I was always willing to enter into a healthy debate with her. This started with her blog, which up until she was caught out, was funded by us, the public. She then had to fund it herself. It was interesting to see that she had the following caveat on her blog
“It's simple. Be nice. If you try and misinterpret the position I have laid out in a blog; if you swear, are rude, abusive, aggressive or threatening, I will not publish. If you want to be any of the above, there are lots of other sites you can go to.
This blog is civil, respectful and will try always to be caring (except when in verbally, armed, political combat) I will not tolerate the harsh political, aggressive tones accepted on other blogs. Anyone who breaks these rules will be sent to the naughty step until they learn to behave. I have a very keen nose for Trolls, so beware.”
However, she then blocked comments from the blog, and then routinely blocks anyone on Twitter who questions her, however politely. If you contact her directly, she takes weeks and weeks to reply, and when she does, it is pretty much always a standard answer with no real reference to specifics. Her secretary is excellent at doing the job of blocking her from any real contact, and as a result, it is VERY difficult to gain access to her. Unless of course, you are a TV executive willing to give her air time. Then of course, you cannot keep her away.
I am not asking for her to agree with me, far from it, I actually celebrate the fact that we have opposing views, it’s part of what I love about Britain. Without the experience of tasting something sour, sweetness would be nowhere near as pleasant. What I object to is the fact that she has taken the decision that I am one of these “trolls”, when actually I am a local constituent who wishes to air his views. She is a careerist politician, in that she does not serve her constituents, she tolerates them in her efforts to get a name for herself. She is not alone in this, in fact she is in the majority by the looks of the news. I realise this, but she IS my MP, and I am exercising my democratic rights. Her lack of respect for her constituents, if far worse than the lack of respect she keeps spouting about with regard to the Speaker of the house.
The straw that broke the camel’s back was her post yesterday that was making an allegation of corruption. I merely sent her the link to her expenses claim that she has been forced to repay, despite her deliberate deception. It is only just over £1000. It is not the amount, it is the principal. I accompanied the link with the question “Is this not the real corruption”?
I doubt she will reply now that she has blocked me. I shall just keep creating new user names and keep questioning her. It is, after all, her job that we pay her (Sometimes twice) to so.
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