steve, what question won't I answer? If you mean what this family approached john leech about, well, to repeat yet again, they were private matters, nothing to do with this website. The only matter not private was about cycling in the city. And, as you know, he actually that issue in parliament, like any mahcester MP should do.
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And yes I DO get it. Any MP, John included, leads a very busy life. It's only natural that he will have to prioritize his life, and if he has to choose between tackling the concerns of his ordinary constituents and dealing with politically loaded questions from his enemies who are onloy asking questions in order to get ammunition to use against him, he would be in dereliction of his duty if he did NOT put his normal constituents first, or weed out what he regarded as time wasters.
If thomas finds that genuine enquiries on his part suffer because of this, then he only has himself to blame.
And thomas, the comments I made to you touched on a different issue, but the principle is the same.
I was tackling an issue I feel VERY strongly about. you felt my input threatened your livelihood, and refused to discuss it and shut me out.
I accepted that. You should accept it from John when he appears to do the same to you. THe details may differ, but the principle is identical.
Alan, I'm the wrong person to ask who should be next labour leader. My point was purely that the Labour party members should choose, not tony blair. There are a lot of gifted Labour MPs. Leaders need charisma though. Peter Hain? Dunno. That might be me of course.....................
