[jaysay]

I don't know how much things have changed, but when Ken was MP he had allowances to pay for office staff, he had a researcher in Westminster, and one in his constituency office together with a typist (remember this was before the days of computers and word processors) I'm sure it hasn't changed that much but maybe paying for a town centre office is sapping up expenses, Kens constituency office was in his own home and he also saw many of his constituents there too, but mind you Ken was a totally different person to the present day incumbent, Ken represented the people and their needs not what the party told him to do