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Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Response to transport and blogs

Thanks for the comments on blogging and transport.

Robin is willing to give advice. I certainly took some from various people when I started. You could try offering some to your own MP. Ask if they have thought about blogging.

Terry McCann wants to know if my successor, Andy Slaughter, will start one. I will ask him.

Pleased to hear from Java in the USA. I seem to get quite a few international visitors which I very much welcome. However as the British Parliament is based on close constituency links with relatively small electorates (about 70,000) an MP is inevitably driven to keep a close eye on local issues.

To Ingrid and Nigel I quite enjoy the Guardian although it drives me insane occasionally! But it is better then those papers that scream, “Beckham should be ashamed of himself “ in headlines a mile high while the editors and journalists are just as morally inconsistent as any other mortal. Editors don’t often get named when they get caught!

On transport Chris wonders why many locals don’t want the bus depot at Horn Lane. It’s mainly because there are a lot of houses close by but everyone wants buses and no one wants bus stations. That is the perennial problem of politics!

Yes Chris, I do cycle. In fact I am a bye-election waiting to happen! Fortunately I am sitting on a healthy majority so I can afford to take risks!

Finally I am delighted to have restored Tom’s faith in politics by reading Douglas Adams (Hitch hikers Guide to the Galaxy). Tom. Where do you think we politicians spend our spare time if not debating with fellow aliens in an inter galactic Parliament?

Hey Clive, it's funnier here than over at Tom's :-))

Apparently there were emails to the Today programme about you calling Tony Blair our 'head of state' - is that worth a posting just so you can correct any false impression you may have given?

Simon

Clive: I would like to know how you justify your claim that Tony Blair backs John Kerry for the US presidency. Also, is it true that the Labour party is banning its workers from assisting the Democrat presidential campaign?

Clive: I would like to know how you justify your claim that Tony Blair backs John Kerry for the US presidency. Also, is it true that the Labour party is banning party employees from assisting the Democrat presidential campaign?