You =
are very welcome,=20
anytime.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/15#15
The letter also =
states that=20
almost every personal detail relevant to me, including the =
bank=20
account details of my staff was included on the disc have =
been sold,=20
and may be again.
We have been =
given the=20
number of someone who can provide help re financial security =
but=20
basically, it means all change. =
After late votes =
last night,=20
on my way home, a lady walked up to me and shouted whilst =
jabbing=20
her finger at me =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93you are =
disgusting=C3=A2=E2=82=AC . I felt very scared =
and=20
vulnerable. She had obviously been drinking. I understand =
the public=20
concern and anger, however, I am afraid that too many people =
are too=20
keen to see bad behaviour where there =
isn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t any and have almost=20
whipped up the public anxiety.
It=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s time for a little=20
calm I think and well done to Anne Widdecombe, on the Today=20
programme this morning. She was absolutely bang on with a =
big dollop=20
of common sense.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/13#13
Not so very long =
ago I was=20
having lunch with a journalist. When it came to time to =
order drinks=20
I asked for sparkling water. The journo looked surprised, =
ordered=20
the water and then ordered a bottle of =C3=82=C2=A348 wine =
from the menu, and=20
then asked the waiter not to take the cork=20
out.
I realised that =
he was=20
taking the wine home, on expenses. I feebly muttered =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93I hope your=20
editor doesn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t think I have expensive =
taste in wine?=C3=A2=E2=82=AC To which he=20
replied, =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93the editor never sees the =
receipts=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=20
.
This same =
journalist has=20
been heaping scorn on MPs over the last few days!=20
I will say what =
I have=20
always said; there are 650 of us here. Most who have given =
up half=20
of our lives to get here and appreciate what an absolute =
honour and=20
privilege it is.
Most of us live =
a normal,=20
frugal existence and struggle to pay the bills, just like =
everyone=20
else. The majority are honest. The majority do not deserve =
to be=20
treated with the scorn and anger which is being heaped upon =
us. But=20
we are.
David =
demonstrated fantastic=20
leadership today. He has taken the issue by the horns and =
laid down=20
ground rules which every honest MP was screaming out for.=20
It would never =
in a million=20
years cross my mind to buy a house with tax payers money, do =
it up=20
and then sell for a profit and buy another. Not only would =
it never=20
cross my mind, but I had no idea anyone else was doing it! =
Hazel=20
Blears may not have broken any rules, however, to operate a =
property=20
development company on the side using the allowances system =
was=20
outrageous and totally different in both intent and=20
purpose from someone who had made a genuine mistake. =
Just for=20
the record, I have not bought any property with my =
allowances,=20
despite being innundated with 100% mortgage offers the first =
month I=20
became an MP. It just never felt very comfortable to=20
me.
My day has been =
spent with=20
Barristers, for one reason and another. Tomorrow I have a =
very=20
complicated constituency case which I am presenting to the =
Ministry=20
of Justice in Westminster Hall, and therefore have no time =
to blog=20
until after it is over. I will post the speech once =
delivered. I=20
don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t often take constituency work =
into the chamber; however, this=20
is a very special case.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/12#12
The media are =
inciting the=20
public to behave like a baying mob =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C =
much of the time on=20
mis-information.
There is a MASSIVE =
difference between=20
the minority of MPs who have used public money to personally =
profit and=20
the majority who =
haven=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t.
Back=20
later...
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/12#12
I thought my =
speech which=20
laid into the Equality Bill (or =
Harriet=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s leadership bid) was=20
pretty good, even though I say so myself, however, although =
written=20
on Sunday, my day off, it has not seen the light of=20
day.
I plonked myself =
down in the=20
chamber for a seven hour stint with good intention, but then =
the=20
doorman slipped me a note to inform me that I had =
constituents in=20
the gallery and could I go and see=20
them.
I asked Mr =
Speaker, who it=20
has to be said was not in the best of moods, could I go, =
lets just=20
say he preferred me not to.
I weighed it up. =
Constituents who had travelled all the way from =
Bedfordshire, or a=20
speech. No prizes for who won.
I then had =
another note to=20
say that eight MPs were visiting from the Kenyan Government =
and=20
could I slip out to have a chat about the war in Iraq, the =
Kenyan=20
Judicial service, Somalian Pirates and Obama =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C obvious why they=20
chose me then.
Two hours later, =
I suppose I=20
can understand why I wasn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t flavour =
of the=20
chamber.
Putting my =
speech in the=20
nearest bin, I decided to look to where I was needed most. =
Having=20
been a qualified nurse I chose to spend my time removing =
razor=20
blades form clenched fingers, mopping brows, buying G and Ts =
for the=20
tearful and joined in the general rant about how disgraceful =
it was=20
that the Telegraph are not accepting explanations or the MPs =
side of=20
the story.
Like they say in =
the media,=20
why let the =
truth=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=A6..
They have =
problems? Not one=20
of them bombed on Question Time? In normal circumstances =
they would=20
have been looking after me, not the other way around.=20
Anyway. I am =
very concerned.=20
I think my staff may have bought chocolate biscuits with the =
petty=20
cash. I swear to God that not one has passed my lips; =
however, I=20
have seen the wrappers in the bin. I know =
I=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2m=20
next.
I should worry. =
I could be a=20
Lib Dem. They are nowhere to be seen. Rumours are flying =
around here=20
that they are very worried indeed. Apparently, and I repeat =
that I=20
believe this is just a rumour, they pay their associations =
3k a kick=20
to deliver leaflets from their office allowance. No wonder =
most of=20
them are never here!!!!
Give me a =
chocolate=20
digestive to defend any =
day!
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/11#11
I thought I =
would reflect=20
on the start of the day and just how beautiful some things=20
are.
This morning I =
went for an=20
early walk, at 6.30am. It=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s hard to =
stay in bed on a sunny morning=20
when less than 60 seconds from the bedroom door the foals =
were=20
already playing.
![](3D"http://www.dorries.org.uk/admin/blogdocs/horse1.jpg")
This little =
curious foal=20
came closer to say hello. Her mum popped her head =
protectively over=20
her back and I=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2m sure I hear her =
whisper =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93careful darling, I=20
think she=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s an MP=C3=A2=E2=82=AC =
.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/10#10
What if David =
Cameron=20
called for a vote of no confidence in Brown during the Post =
Office=20
vote? Would the Lib Dem=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s and other =
minority parties vote with us?=20
Would the 56 Labour rebels? Would the Blairites? Would that =
mean we=20
would win and force a general=20
election?
If the =
Blairites and Labour=20
rebels didn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t vote with us and voted =
for Brown this would mean=20
that they would in effect be voting to keep Brown for the=20
duration.
Seems like =
that=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s a win=20
win for us.
Is that what =
David really=20
means when he says he=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93pulling the plug on Brown=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=20
?
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/10#10
My concern with =
regard to=20
the stolen disc has nothing to do with the issue of expenses =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C=20
it=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s one of =
privacy.
My personal =
details,=20
including credit card numbers, bank account details, home =
address,=20
signatures, family details and IDs have all been sold to the =
Daily=20
Telegraph, and who else? Terrorists, pro-abortion extreme =
groups, Al=20
Queda, BNP?
My home has =
already been=20
'flagged' by Bedfordshire Police , as a result of threats to =
my=20
personal safety and that of my staff. Both the House of =
Commons=20
Police, Met and Bedfordshire have had to deal with a variety =
of=20
problems, including people turning up at the House, because =
that's=20
where they know they can make contact with =
me.
That=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s why I think it is=20
an offence. I feel vulnerable and as though my privacy has =
been=20
totally invaded. Anyone who wanted them could have had my =
expenses=20
in July, I have nothing to hide. I just want the basic right =
to keep=20
my personal details private. That and not wanting to have to =
move=20
house, which I now feel I will have to =
do.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/09#09
I may be free =
from the=20
distractions, but not from the work as I sit here and write =
a speech=20
to be delivered on Monday during the reading of the Equality =
Bill.
Smart move by =
Harriet. The=20
Bill could have been written by a union shop steward. I =
would=20
imagine it=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s fairly easy for her to =
announce that she has no eye=20
on Gordon Brown=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s job when she has =
that Bill tucked under her arm.=20
Drawing =
together nine major=20
laws, the Bill is as loud and as comprehensive an appeal to =
the=20
unions and Labour party members for the top job as you could =
possibly imagine. The only way in which Harriet could =
make her=20
intentions clearer, would be to stand on the step of No=20
10 whilst stamping her foot and clenching her fists =
shouting at=20
Gordon =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93I want your job!=C3=A2=E2=82=AC =
The most =
controversial=20
element of the Bill will allow employers to take =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=9Cpositive=20
action=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2 in order to guarantee that =
they hire more women and ethnic=20
minority employees. Music to the ears of the=20
left.
You have to =
hand it to the=20
woman, she is one smart behind the scenes=20
operator.
Business =
leaders have said=20
that the Bill will be an unwelcome burden. Oh come on =
business,=20
what=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s up with you? Anyone would =
think you were in the midst of a=20
recession and fighting to keep the jobs of the employees you =
already=20
have. You should welcome this massive tome of bureaucracy, =
impending=20
legislation and red tape. It=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s just =
what you need from the=20
Government during these difficult times. =
Isn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t=20
it?
I cannot =
believe that as=20
the Bank of England announce they are to pour another 50 =
billion=20
into the economy in order help us through the third wave of=20
financial crisis, as Iran moves another week nearer to being =
nuclear=20
ready; in a week when more of my constituents lost their =
jobs than=20
any other since I became the MP, that I have to sit here and =
write a=20
speech about equality in the =
workplace.
This in itself =
highlights=20
how out of touch the Labour party is with the events faced =
by people=20
day to day, and by the close of business on Monday, when =
Harriet=20
becomes the princess of the unions, =
Harriet=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s true leadership=20
intentions.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/09#09
I have just said =
goodbye to=20
Alameda school from =
Ampthill, in my=20
constituency. They have been on a commons visit. The =
education=20
department offered to find another MP to stand in for me, =
but I said=20
no.
Apparently the =
education=20
dept lady watched question time last night and was more than =
a=20
little alarmed to realise I was still in Dunfermline at 11pm =
and=20
meeting a school in Westminster this morning. The Caledonian =
sleeper=20
may not sleep, but it is reliable and does get you into =
Euston for=20
7am.
Talk here is =
obviously the=20
Telegraph and cabinet expenses story, however, I =
can=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t help making=20
one small observation =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C surely the =
Telegraph is in possession of=20
stolen goods?
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/08#08
Johnson, who if =
he had his=20
way would have us all walking round wearing face masks and =
anti=20
viral suits, omitted some very important information from =
his=20
statement.
He =
didn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t mention that the=20
epidemiology, which has been used to judge the possible =
fatalities=20
from Swine Flu, has been derived from Mexico.=20
Or that =
that the=20
statistics conclude that you have a 2% greater =
chance of=20
dying from this flu, as opposed to any other. You may think that =
this is=20
good reason to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds =
delivering a=20
leaflet to every home telling people how to handle a sneeze =
,and=20
closing down schools and nurseries, creating an air of mild =
panic. I=20
don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t.
We could all do =
with bearing=20
in mind that Mexico =
City is a=20
city of 20 million. That half of those people live in =
poverty=20
and have no access to medical care or drugs, not even a GP. =
Given=20
those circumstances, it is a miracle that the figure is only =
2%; and=20
if anything demonstrates just how mild this virus is, and =
how able=20
we are to deal with it.
People die from =
flu every=20
year in this country, period. It=20
happens.
Maybe the =
Government are=20
hoping that creating an environment of panic will detract =
from the=20
very serious issue of Government meltdown. If they are, the =
papers=20
are falling for it.
Time for a few =
journalists=20
to toughen up, and start injecting a bit of common sense =
into their=20
writing.
This is not a =
national panic=20
or a state of emergency. A Prime Minister who has lost the =
respect=20
of his own party is.
I =
don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t think there was a=20
single Conservative in the Question Time audience last =
night! After=20
I had a round of applause, the Liberal, Lord Steele, thought =
he had=20
better remind the audience that I was a Conservative; and =
despite=20
the fact that he knows me very well indeed, referred to me =
as the=20
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=9CConservative =
representative=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2- just to remind the=20
audience!
When I referred =
to King=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s=20
Cross I was obviously talking about 7/7, a day I will =
remember as I=20
was on the platform that morning. And I did want to =
emphasise that=20
we aren=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t going to use Trident as a =
weapon of mass destruction but=20
as a weapon of deterrent =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C but it =
didn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t quite come out like=20
that because you just don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t get the=20
time!!
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/08#08
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/07#07
Tonight I =
overheard a very=20
prestigious MP tell a lovely =
story.
A few weeks ago =
he was=20
invited to a film premier. Never having been invited to =
anything=20
like this before he accepted, and took his=20
wife.
This is how he =
told the=20
story; =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93we were invited to the after =
show party. The room was=20
bursting at the seams with beautiful young ladies all in =
their=20
20=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s and early =
30=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C all obviously used =
to this kind of=20
lifestyle, and do you know, I turned and looked at my wife =
who is 50=20
and thought to myself, that without any question whatsoever, =
she was=20
by far the most beautiful woman in the room=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=20
.
So who says politicians =
aren=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t nice?=20
What a lucky lady J
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/06#06
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/06#06
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/05#05
Maybe I should =
just give=20
up and go with the twitter flow J
I=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2m on Question Time=20
this Thursday; I hope a question comes up with regard to =
swine=20
flu.
I cannot =
believe that we=20
have schools and nurseries closing =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C =
it is=20
madness.
The Minister =
for public=20
health should stop schools from closing. Far better everyone =
catches=20
the virus now, and builds up their own anti-bodies whilst =
it=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s=20
still relatively weak, and presents as =
nothing worse=20
than a cold.
Viruses are =
much=20
cleverer than we are. Smack this one with Tamiflu and it =
will mutate=20
and re-group itself, just in time for a nice winter outbreak =
when it=20
will be far stronger, more resistant, and really cause us =
problems.=20
It will hit =
business=20
with a huge cost in terms of lost days; and of course the =
cost to=20
the NHS and Government will be incalculable. Is there no =
common=20
sense anywhere within this =
Government?
Or is Gordon =
hoping=20
enough schools will close in order to declare a state of =
emergency=20
and cancel the Euro elections?! I =
wonder.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/05#05
In discussion =
over lunch=20
today the conclusion was reached that twitters use =
twittering, by=20
and large, to moan and complain. It=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s =
a virtual gnashing of the=20
teeth, or beating of the chest. A cyberspace =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=9Cwell I=20
never=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2.
When =
it=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s not even that interesting =
the=20
majority of twittering is mundane to the point of =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=9C who in the=20
name of Bill Shankley cares=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2? =
I exclude from =
this=20
observation those who use twitter to enhance their existing =
online=20
presence and do restrain my comments to the individual =
twitterer. I=20
suppose I should exclude people like Sarah Palin from this=20
observation also. We all know that it is highly un-likely =
she writes=20
her own twitters, gaffes being totally impermissible even =
when the=20
race for the White House is four years off.=20
A friend showed =
me his=20
twitter =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=9Cfeed=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2 =
this weekend. A cure for insomnia if I ever saw=20
one. Did I really want to know what three hundred followers =
made of=20
the film =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=9CIn The =
Loop=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2. One opinion would do. I have absolutely=20
no interest in knowing that someone had to take a roast =
dinner=20
around to her grandmother=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s house on =
behalf of her parents whilst=20
visiting on Sunday. A lovely, personal family thing to do. =
But share=20
it with five hundred people? I think not.=20
Twittering has =
to be a=20
symptom of a dysfunctional society. You know the one =
I=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2m talking=20
about; when people don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t talk to, =
care about, help, consider or=20
even interact with each other anymore. A survey last week =
found that=20
the average Briton has three good friends. =
That=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s the=20
dysfunctional society I=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2m talking =
about. The one where it seems to=20
me people are creating their own online virtual communities =
and=20
friends.
Three good =
friends will be=20
down to one in ten years as a whole generation of children =
who=20
should have been kicking a ball around and building dens, =
take to=20
the streets and discover that they =
don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t know how to cope, lacking=20
the ability to share or socially interact. Largely due to =
spending=20
their childhood on an X box or a lap top. Maybe twitter is =
where=20
they will turn to for comfort.
At my daughters =
birthday=20
party this week 60 good and close friends turned up. People =
she has=20
known since nappies, playgroup, school and university. She =
doesn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t=20
twitter to any of them. She may spend hours running up her =
phone=20
bill, but at least she and her friends still know how to =
talk to,=20
care for and laugh with each other. She was disappointed =
only 60=20
could make it as another 20 or so are in various far flung =
places=20
travelling.
Whilst psycho =
analysing=20
twitter over lunch, we came up with some things you just =
wouldn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t=20
dare twitter, ever, ever. Especially if you were an=20
MP.
Unfortunately, =
although=20
hysterically funny and almost necessitated the assistance of =
a Para=20
Medic, due to an inhaled strand of spaghetti, I just =
can=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t repeat=20
any of them
Anyway, safe to =
say, I=20
shan=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t be joining the legions of =
twitters any day soon. I'll just=20
stick to blogging and bore you all to death with that=20
:)
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/04#04
The window is =
in memory of=20
the late Rev Ivor Clemitson MP, the former Labour MP for =
Luton East,=20
and depicted, amongst other things, the church of St=20
Margaret=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s in =
Westminster, Westminster=20
Palace and Big=20
Ben.
I =
will scan a=20
picture of the window in on Tuesday.
I read one of =
Ivor=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s=20
favourite New Testament readings. =
Most of us use =
the NIV=20
bible these days, however, Ivor=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s =
favourite was the King James,=20
and I have to say that I felt as though I was reading=20
poetry.
I read from =
St =
Paul=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s=20
letter to the Philippians 4 =
1-9.
Here is a small =
excerpt to=20
show you what I mean.
Finally, =
brethren,=20
whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, =
whatsoever=20
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever =
things are=20
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be =
any=20
virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. =
Those=20
things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, =
and=20
seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with=20
you.
Isn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t that=20
beautiful?
Today was the =
first time I=20
had to stand in front of a large audience since Smeargate. I =
had no=20
idea how much of an ordeal it would be. I almost felt =
unworthy to be=20
stood in church reading at such an occasion even though =
every word=20
which had been written about me in the email was a pure lie =
from=20
beginning to end. I felt as though everyone was thinking the =
old=20
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=CB=9Cno smoke without fire =
thought=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2.
Some of the =
ladies were=20
lovely when I went into the Parish Hall afterwards for tea, =
but I=20
even found that tough and pathetically, =
couldn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t go in without=20
Kelvin (Hopkins MP) to hold =
onto.
I realised =
today that I may=20
feel tainted for some considerable time and whilst stood in =
church,=20
I thought =
hateful=20
thoughts about the people who made me feel this=20
way.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/02#02
=
Iran=20
just lately?
We frequently witness the zealous rise =
in=20
Islamist fundamentalism in this country and abroad, to the =
dismay of=20
all who are not, including the vast majority of the peaceful =
Muslim=20
community.
It must be obvious to all that there will =
be=20
little common ground between a faction which wants to see =
anyone who=20
is not an Islamist wiped of the face of the earth, and =
just=20
about every other religion in the world, including=20
Christianity.
I am sure there are other ways, and I =
wait to=20
be educated, however, it seems to me that a priority of any=20
government is to keep its people safe - not be aggressive or =
war=20
like - just keep people safe.
I can't think of any =
better way=20
of doing that other than with the threat of deployment =
of=20
Trident missiles, which cannot be intercepted once=20
launched.
I'm not being hawkish here, I just want to =
know=20
that one day when I die, a nuclear sub will be prowling =
silently=20
under the water, to the knowledge of all, keeping both my =
kids safe=20
in their beds and the beliefs of billions intact.=20
I =
don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t think 15 billion=20
is too much to ask for that when we have a government today=20
wasting=20
trillions!
I also believe =
we ask too=20
much of our troops in terms of what we expect from them in=20
situations of conflict. Evidenced from the condition of the =
boots to=20
vehichles and tanks in Iraq.
If=20
we cut back on Trident was does that say to our very own =
heroes?=20
Anyway,=20
what do I know? I am definitley on safer ground talking =
about=20
hospitals than nuclear subs!
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/02#02
and=20
generally chillin=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2 out in the =
Cotswolds. That is after I have=20
finished the rest of my constituency duties which will be on =
Saturday afternoon.
Earlier in the =
week I=20
entitled a blog, the touch of your hand. It was obviously =
from the=20
Roy Orbison song, Crying, which I =
haven=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t been able to get out of=20
my head since it popped in when thinking of a blog=20
title.
Maybe =
it=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s because I=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2m=20
from Liverpool and grew up with the Beatles as my background =
music,=20
and had to sit on the steps and watch my mum and her friend =
Anita=20
screaming as the Beatles flew into Speke =
Airport - I=C3=A2=E2=82=
=AC=E2=84=A2m not=20
sure, however, I do have a passion for music from that era,=20
especially the American Crooners. I also, for some weird =
reason,=20
have Roy Orbison and the Beatles enmeshed as one in my =
memory =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C as=20
though they were a band of five. =
Anyway, someone =
has just=20
text me the You Tube link to the original Roy Orbison =
recording of=20
Crying and other Roy greats. Does anyone =
sing with=20
that much passion anymore? The same friend has told me that =
Roy=20
Orbison=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s =
mother=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s name was =
Nadine.
Well I never. =
Reckon I=20
might pick up a Roy CD over the=20
weekend.
Have a good one =
everyone.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/01#01
One=20
after the other I hear a different story. A year ago people =
used to=20
come to me to complain about issues which really =
weren=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t worth=20
complaining about. Now each story has an element of absolute =
desperation.
I hope a=20
general election comes =
soon.
I hope=20
we scrap the NHS data base, the ID card scheme and =
regional=20
assemblies within days. I hope we take a scythe to every =
penny spent=20
on public services which has nothing to do with keeping =
people well,=20
educated and safe and I really hope that the people of this =
country=20
are ready and have the stomach to take that which must be =
done in=20
order to restore prosperity. I hope we clamp down on =
immigration and=20
operate a ruthless point=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s based =
system based on the=20
skill need of the country. I hope we radically amend =
our=20
relationship with the EU and claw back some of the massive =
subsidies=20
we hand over and use that money to benefit people like my =
very=20
unwell and unhappy=20
constituent.
People=20
need to start adopting a war time mentality. The cause is no =
less=20
important. The prize is the restoration of our country, its=20
viability, our pride and position, our status and=20
worth.
It=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s=20
going to be really very hard indeed. I just hope people are=20
ready.
To cheer=20
myself up I have remembered an exchange I had with a =
colleague=20
yesterday.
A=20
Minister with whom I get along very well and I, often meet =
behind=20
the computers in the member=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s library =
and have a=20
chat.
Yesterday we were discussing the boxes of expense =
forms which=20
each MP has to verify before=20
publication.
Exchange=20
went like this. N is me=20
obviously.
N=20
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93Have you had any other MPs expense =
slips in your boxes=C3=A2=E2=82=AC ?=20
M=20
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93Loads, some have had the slips of a few =
different MPs in their=20
boxes=C3=A2=E2=82=AC
N =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93X=20
had the receipts of five other MPs in his box which quite =
clearly=20
displayed credit card numbers, his home and constituency =
address and=20
telephone numbers=C3=A2=E2=82=AC =
M =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93I=20
had a dead MP in mine=C3=A2=E2=82=AC =
N=20
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93Gosh, your box must be big. How did you =
get it upstairs=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=20
?
N was then=20
splattered with a mouthful of tea M had just attempted to=20
drink.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/01#01
Smearing =
isn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t always=20
confined to high office. Julian has been through the most =
horrific=20
time with a Liberal Democrat opponent in his constituency =
and things=20
have got so bad that last week, Julian secured an end of day =
debate=20
in the chamber in order to highlight the smear campaign he =
has been=20
subjected to.
It is a tribute =
to Julian=20
that many MPs, having already worked a 15 hour day, stayed =
behind=20
for the debate.
The details are =
here.
http://www.julianlewis.net/antics_detail.php?id=3D11<=
o:p>
Lets hope that =
someone in=20
the local party realises the damage this man is doing to the =
political process and has him =
replaced.
Politicians and =
potential=20
politicians will never earn the respect of the public until =
they=20
behave in a way which earns that respect.=20
It is time for =
a new=20
austerity in many things, expenses, the economy and even=20
behaviour.
http://blog.dorries=
.org/Blogs/2009/May/01#01