First class chuff-chuff. - Page 3

jaysay · 20-02-2010, 15:06

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

No, not really, Taggy, because in the end, you're not just voting for a party, you're voting for an individual who will represent your interests in parliament and, despite everything, there are still a few decent ones out there.

I'd no time at all for the Thatcher government, but I voted for Ken Hargreaves because I thought he was a fantastic local MP who really had his constituents' interests at heart. He certainly went the extra mile for me when I was sorting out UK residency for my missus. And, as Garinda says, he'd no airs and graces - he just travelled back from London each week on the train with the hoi polloi, with no fuss.

Similarly, I've no time for Brown and his cohorts, but if I still lived in Accy I'd vote for Graham Jones next time around. Having chatted to him, he seems a genuine sort of bloke who really cares about local issues. And, in a similar way to Ken, he's no airs and graces - just sits in the pub over pre-match drinks shooting the breeze with us "lads".

Well worth considering that if you don't vote, you might end up with a Nicholas Winterton type!

Ken rarely used the train, he used to use the Heathrow Shuttle to Manchester

garinda · 20-02-2010, 15:20

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Ken rarely used the train, he used to use the Heathrow Shuttle to Manchester

That's odd.

I caught the same Friday Euston/Preston train as him at least a dozen times, and then the Colne train back over here.

Morecambe Ex Pat · 20-02-2010, 15:31

I don't see anything wrong with MP's and other political representatives travelling with the common people they are meant to represent.
I might just give them an insight into what it is like in the real world.

jaysay · 20-02-2010, 16:29

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Originally Posted by garinda

That's odd.

I caught the same Friday Euston/Preston train as him at least a dozen times, and then the Colne train back over here.

He very rarely went to Preston Rindi, usually Manchest Picalilly if he used the train but his prefared mode of transport was the Plane, I used to take him to the airport and pick him up again, so I think I have an idea for his transport habits whilst he was MP

garinda · 20-02-2010, 18:04

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Originally Posted by jaysay

He very rarely went to Preston Rindi, usually Manchest Picalilly if he used the train but his prefared mode of transport was the Plane, I used to take him to the airport and pick him up again, so I think I have an idea for his transport habits whilst he was MP

Perhaps you're driving frightened him, and he didn't always tell you he caught the train, for as I said at least a dozen times I crossed over to platform 2 at Preston for the Colne train with him.

Neil · 20-02-2010, 23:01

Did he buy you a coffee on expenses?

garinda · 20-02-2010, 23:53

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Originally Posted by Neil

Did he buy you a coffee on expenses?

I only went in carriages where you could have a fag, drinking coffee would have cut into smoking time.

Neil · 21-02-2010, 00:22

The good old days when you could sit on the train with a fag in your mouth and no one even looked up over their broadsheet at you.

jaysay · 21-02-2010, 10:53

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Originally Posted by garinda

Perhaps you're driving frightened him, and he didn't always tell you he caught the train, for as I said at least a dozen times I crossed over to platform 2 at Preston for the Colne train with him.

Dozen times in 9 years is hardly frequent user mileage Rindi

jaysay · 21-02-2010, 10:56

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Originally Posted by Neil

Did he buy you a coffee on expenses?

To be quite honest Neil I've never seen anybody so precise about exes as Ken was, I had to give him a detailed milage list very month

Neil · 21-02-2010, 23:40

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Originally Posted by jaysay

To be quite honest Neil I've never seen anybody so precise about exes as Ken was, I had to give him a detailed milage list very month

That was my attempt at humour

cashman · 21-02-2010, 23:41

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Originally Posted by Neil

That was my attempt at humour

Say must try harder 100 times.

jaysay · 22-02-2010, 10:22

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Originally Posted by Neil

That was my attempt at humour

No not at all, Ken was like that, when you know the Private Eye openly stated the only thing they could pin on Ken Hargreaves was that he was the oldest altar boy in town, tells you all you want to know about the man

cashman · 22-02-2010, 10:27

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Originally Posted by jaysay

No not at all, Ken was like that, when you know the Private Eye openly stated the only thing they could pin on Ken Hargreaves was that he was the oldest altar boy in town, tells you all you want to know about the man

It Does........

Neil · 22-02-2010, 10:49

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Originally Posted by jaysay

No not at all, Ken was like that, when you know the Private Eye openly stated the only thing they could pin on Ken Hargreaves was that he was the oldest altar boy in town, tells you all you want to know about the man

I like Ken. Like you say he is a decent chap. A true gentleman in my opinion and he would have had my vote if I was here when he was standing

I have chatted with him many times and used to see him pass my house often before he moved. I think I have only seen him once since he moved.