There must be one.
Paul Burstow was the mp for where our shop is located and seemed like a thoroughly decent person. Now replaced by Paul (I'll turn up if there's a photographer) Scully.
Chris Grayling is our mp where we live and is a weapons grade ****.
Have you got lucky?
Mine is nick clegg. My mum's is David "alternative therapy can cure autism" treddinick.
Case rests m'lud.
used to have Sandra Gidley - she seemed OK, replied specifically (or her sec did) to a letter I sent once about cycling infrastructure and didn't seem to be a publicity-whore. Liberal though, so never really had to "defend" a position (she'd gone by the time of the coalition)
Current one, meh - not sure she does much at all. Is that honourable ?
Yes.. mine is
100%
Oh wait, you said honourable
I was talking about the right 'orrible Hugo Swine MP.. He's a stereotypical Tory villain
My MP is a surgeon, she specialises in breast cancer surgery. Mrs Nobeer has worked with her in the past and reckons she's awesome.
I'm quite happy with that tbh.
Mine isn't. Sent him a letter after the High Court ruling on Brexit asking that, since he originally campaigned for remain, whether he'd consider pushing harder now there's an opportunity to fix it.
The reply, on very posh paper, basically said piss off. He said that he "promised to respect the result of the referendum" and that not doing so would be hypocritical. Which is weird, because in my job we're encouraged to constantly review decisions and change them if circumstances alter or new information comes to light.
"I find it odd that some people who did not feel strongly enough about our EU membership to campaign in the pre-referendum period are now trying to overturn the democratic result."
Perhaps the fact that many of the people who voted leave were either lied to by Farage, Johnson and Gove or are simply racist has drifted by him.
Edit: spelling.
Hunt.
Alex Chalk here. Seems a decent guy (for a Tory).
He certainly seems to work hard.
The previous incumbent Martin Horwood (Lib Dem) was also a good guy.
Cheltenham btw
does such a thing exist? honourable and mp together. pftt
Liam Fox, so no
Craig Whittaker, MP for Calder Valley, [url= http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/now-mp-s-son-is-quitting-the-country-after-craig-whittaker-s-alleged-assault-1-4213896 ]a man who looks to have spirited his own son out of the country in order to further his political career[/url], and who is so universally loathed even local tory councillors openly slag him off on facebook.
Diane Abbott! 😀
does such a thing exist? honourable and mp together. pftt
Jo Cox seemed like a good sort
I sometimes think that you don't hear about the honourable ones because they're not dishonourable enough to climb to the top lol
Up until a few months ago I had David Cameron and now Robert Courts, so no, keep looking.
Not sure if it's honourable to be a Tory Boy that follows the party line and is just there to do fill a seat after being parachuted in to replace the previous Tory muppet who retired.
Locals seemed to think he was as they had no idea who he was but he was Tory so they voted for him.
Not aware of scandals or dishonourable stuff. Guess he just does the job but doesn't seem to have any impact. Never hear of him really sticking up for the community and being representative of local views other than the odd small issue. Just votes with the government.
Jonathan Lord.
Oh and previous Tory muppet just seemed to be more interested in his other life as a judge (or whatever it was). His questions in parliament were always about prisons and justice stuff also and rarely actually about the constituency he supposedly represented.
We have a new one this time around, Heidi Allen. I've not met her, but she has a column in the local newsletter and I skim that when it comes. Other than that, she's not really done much that I can see. She might be ok, but I have yet to be impressed.
Don't know much about our current MP but the previous one (we moved house) lived in Surrey while his constituency was in the Midlands. He didn't even bother acknowledging the two or three emails I sent him.
Useless/10
Mines Cheryl Gillan. I don't think she's a bad person just pretty incompetent. At least she had a life before politics but sadly as a marketing consultant.
<edit>Just spotted that she's generally voted against gay rights and equality in general and employees her 82 year old husband using parliamentary expenses as "office manager/researcher" so my opinion of her has dropped.</edit>
Old Etonian, 'wealthy politician and close friend of David Cameron', sacked by May and awarded a knighthood by Cameron, big in the Maldives. So that'll be a no then.
I voted for a guy with a criminal record today.
No. andrew jones Harrogate. I recently wrote & asked him how he'd vote if there was one on the fox hunting malarkey, giving no indication of my feelings on the matter. So unsurprisingly he was non committal, but cos he's a pompous tory I reckon he'd vote it back in, the Nob.
used to be William Haigh, nice chap and popular locally.
Now Rishi Sunac, seems a pretty decent guy. Met him a couple of times and struck me as pretty genuine. Getting a good reputation round here.
In a previous place had Jason McCartney, terrible but a little better than the previous incumbent, Kyle Mountford.
Michael Gove.
I hope I don't need to answer the question for you.....
Yes; Hilary Benn.
Mine is aforementioned treddinick. Bit of a numpty really.
Mine is Mhairi Black. She seems ok.
The Daily Mail listed ours in the expenses scandal.
Based on that alone, I think he's probably a good 'un.
Mine is Boris.
I'll leave this thread alone now.
Mines Tory MP Simon Hart.. Big advocate for fox hunting. He's recently blocked me on Facebook after I repeatedly questioned him about cuts affecting the poor and disabled.
Nigel Mill's, good at Candy Crush Saga,not sure about anything else! 😕
Mine's [url= https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/philip-davies-the-master-of-filibuster-and-friend-to-rogue-landlords-9924580.html%3Famp?client=ms-android-sonymobile ]"Philip Davies, master of the filibuster and friend to rogue landlords"[/url]
Nigel Adams, seems good at photo opportunities and the occasional well placed sound bite campaigns. Bit of a wet lettuce otherwise.
Could be worse for a Tory boy I suppose.
Mine shagged John Prescott to get the gig, and has been chief whip of the well organised and united Labour Party for the past few years.
Gove. No.
I sometimes think that you don't hear about the honourable ones because they're not dishonourable enough to climb to the top lol
"MP gets on with job, talks to constituents and deals with their issues" doesn't make headlines and is unlikely to get someone noticed in the party.
I believe most MPs are actually good and honest, they just aren't the ones you ever hear about.
Neither my MP or MSP are seen much these days (both SNP). That's sad because both of their predecessors (one Tory deposed in 2011, one Labour stood down in 2015) were very good constituency workers.
No, mine's a small minded bigot. He also told me "people need their cars" and informed me that cyclists undertaking vehicles queueing in traffic was illegal and likely to scratch his car with their pedals. Voted against gay marriage, thinks it's fine to smoke in vehicles with children in, and the list goes on.
Mine seems alright. She's certainly qualified and has a good track record, and she was a lawyer and advocate for good causes etc before becoming an MP, and has a pretty consistent voting record. And was part of a daft SNP BAD episode where the press and opposition decided to accuse her of being a homophobe, because they hadn't noticed she's a lesbian, that's worth bonus points.
Honourable? Tricky question. She upset a property developer by refusing to throw public funds at a job he'd promised but failed to do, that's a good sign. She attends parliament and contributes more than most, that's good. Allegedly dodged a vote on right-to-die, and she might be awful in person, never met her. I've never seen her fight a dragon, or anything. But she seems above average at least.
Did anyone actually know who their MP is? I don't have a clue.
Julian Sturdy. Campaigned for leave, believes MPs must respect the vote, fails to notice his constituents voted remain.
Generally lobby fodder - not worth the salary.
Others I have met through work have been very good though.
And yes 5th, I knew. Useful to know the enemy.
Patrick Grady. Aye, he's a good guy.
Craig Whittaker, Con, Calder Valley. Typical Tory robot. Suit full of **** all.
Tim Farron going up in my estimation due to his anti brexit arguments which he is being pretty vocal about, Seems a nice chap but local gossip is that he has a few skeletons in the closet 😯
Don't know.
Mine are all Labour in the North East but I have never voted for any of them.
But how do you guys know if yours is honorable or not?
My previous one most definitely not. Opportunist defector. Glad he got booted out by a local girl.
edit: and in a different constituency, the one before that, honourably spoke out against his leadership Tony Bliar and the war in Iraq... but then promptly went and voted with his party. So no.
[url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Opperman ]Guy Opperman[/url]
Wiki says so, but he's a Tory so deep down, probably a ****.
Mine is Liz McInnes who seems OK.
As a result of previous [s]gerrymandering[/s] boundary changes I am, by a matter of about 100m, not in Simon Danzcuk's constituency, for which I am forever grateful.
Richard Benyon, Tory. Sadly it's a [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Benyon#Controversies ]no for Newbury[/url]...
Writing in The Guardian, George Monbiot wrote that he [Benyon] "repeatedly wields his power in ways that promote his own interests" and being "so enmeshed in potential conflicts of interest that were he to recuse himself from all the issues in which he has a personal stake, he would have nothing to do but order the departmental paperclips".
[url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Cox ]There was an MP local-ish to me[/url] who had integrity and humanity in spades.
Then she was shot dead in the street by a Nazi.
Iain Stewart for MIlton Keynes south despite being a brexiter and a tory he seems OK!
Ive no idea if he honourable though
Tom Pursglove far too chummy with a bunch of racist ****s to be called honourable.
Then she was shot dead in the street by a Nazi[b]/Brexiteer[/b].
FTFY - remember not all nazis are brexies
Craig Whittaker, Con, Calder Valley. Typical Tory robot. Suit full of **** all.
same here.
Previously Angela Leadsom was my MP, utterly utterly useless. I asked her about her views on AV once and she didn't know what I was taking about.
She probably doesn't even own a telly.
My MSP is a ace, properly hard working and balanced, normal chap. He also rides a nice Salsa softail in orange colour, his son a nippy 14" Inbred.... 8)
Edit: he also lurks on here from time to time, I'm sure the Inbred was bought from classifieds...
Not a clue who mine is other than it's some tory.
Another (non) vote for Whitakker, Craig. No redeeming features. At all. If it wasn't a tight three way seat he wouldn't be anywhere near parliament.
Our previous MP was great [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(politician) ]Andrew Miller[/url]
His successor has so far been OK [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Madders ]Justin Madders[/url]
I get on okay with my MP, though we don't agree on a lot of issues. She's very much a Blairite, and backed Liz Kendall and Owen Smith in the last two leadership elections, and went to the States to campaign for Clinton.
Michael Fallon, Tory minister.
No idea on his achievements.
Caroline Ansell, so NO. Conspicuous by her absence, deranged view of "how good" our diabolical local NHS is. Outright lies regarding the installation of the Willingdon Chord during the election. She needs a good GOT shaming session.
Phillip Davies here too. Filibuster in chief
Michael Fallon, Tory minister.
He was our MP until Alan Milburn beat him.
I used to work with someone who was at uni with him. She has a brilliant story about his behaviour at a party that I can't post online...
Mine thinks climate change is a conspiracy and uses The Sun and the Daily Mail to back up his concerns that not all refugees are children and should have their ages checked by their teeth.
He's a Tory, obvs.
Ivan Lewis, is actually born and bred in the area and can be seen in the constituency. Was the shadow secretary for NI and also has a sizeable Jewish population in his patch, he's often having to wade in on the israel issues which he does with what seems to be a level headed response. Google doesn't obviously thow any questions. Seems to be one of the good ones. Was deposed as NI shadow by Corbyn, not sure why other than him not being a supporter, dunno if there's a backstory .
Seems to be ok
Mine is former hulture secretary Jeremy Cun*, and at a previous address, it was Anne Milton public "supporter" of Disability Challengers charity who voted in favour of personal independence payment cuts. Both truly repulsive characters.