"Let me know what you're thinking.." Mrs Keen's Newsletter has arrived...!
After all the flak that Mrs Keen MP, Cllrs Hughes and Alan Sherrins have received on these Forums..and after what has been written about them and the Labour Party in the Local Press, it was with eager anticipation that I picked up the Labour Party leaflet from my doormat yesterday.Wow..its not from the Labour Party..its from Mrs Keen MP herself!"A REPORT TO MY CONSTITUENTS,FEBRUARY 2005" (and about time too!)Looking through the well designed four page coloured leaflet..with five photos of Mrs Keen and many eye catching headings I thought that it looked impressionable..and would go a long way to keep the largely uninformed,unknowledgable,indifferent electorate happy.* A four page A4 coloured leaflet? Gosh! * A GREEN banner..proclaiming "A Report to my Constituents, Feb 2005 (GREEN? isn't that other peoples' colours?) (Golly it didn't arrived till April..those wretched distributors?)* A picture of Big Ben!* Mrs Keen with Gordon Brown. (Rude man? Isn't he the miserable MP who never even said good morning to his chauffeur of over ten years?) * " Investing in our Children" lots of printed TICKS to convey the positive.* " Make Poverty History" (important overseas matters)* " A new West Middx Hospital campaigned for" (Well if Ealing had a brand new Hospital, and Kingston and Ashford and Chertsey and Charing Cross ...perhaps we got ours late and had to wait!!)* " Extra investment in Education" (always sounds good)* " Tackling Crime etc" (is the lady taking credit for that?)* " The Mogden Sewage Court Case..and Westminster action.Many people in the constituency haven't the faintest idea what has been going on...and are not best placed to either know of underlying happenings..or have any knowledge about what's best for the constituency's future. Alan Sherring may get a pat on the back for the publication..but those with just a little knowledge of these matters will not be amused. "How does one respond to the contents of that leaflet" you'll be saying. Its trickery. He and his editorial team have written something convincing whether they really believe it or not...or whether its fair reporting or not.The wave of discontent about Mrs Keen's communications with her constituents...her website...her non appearance at debate meetings...her so called surgeries...is alarming ...and it has not been inflamed by me! When I see critical postings by Neil at Brentford, Richard and Lois in Chiswick ..one realises the dissatisfaction is genuinely felt by real people.The back page of the leaflet will raise a smile: "LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING...Your opinions are important to me, if I am to represent you to the best of my ability. Please take a minute to keep me informed" Isn't that what SHE should have been doing during the past many years TO US?...replying to CORRESPONDENCE and keeping an up to date and non-flowery WEBSITE, attending Community Police Meetings during the boys on bikes issues, and turning up at local Chamber of Commerce debates? Mr Gordon Brown may well be pleased with her services...but there is something that is not quite right. What do you think?The Hounslow Council elections next year will be even more engaging!
Jim Lawes ● 7326d5 Comments