Odd. We have exactly the opposite experience. When we needed help from john leech we got it. When we needed help from Keith Bradley, we didn't. Which was the initial reason we switched votes from KB to JL. It was not based on ideology but direct experience.
The ideology came later over Iraq and a few other things, which, in fairness to him, werent KB's fault. It was just his hard luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time
As for campaigning opportunities, they all do it. KB was for ever in the local press for some vacuous reason which was in reality just an excuse to get his face in front of voters. So does JL. So does every MP and prospective MP in ther country in a contestable seat. Goes with the job.
