22-01-2007, 10:34
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Re: greg pope
Hi
I hesitate to add to this thread but felt I ought to explain one aspect of why I voted for the war, and I certainly didn't mean to ignore the views of people in Hyndburn. To be honest I don't know what the views of everyone in Hyndburn was at the time, but I guess like most of the country it was fairly evenly split (depsite the large campaign against the war polls showed that public opinion was divided). My point was that, even if there was a majority against the war, on such a vital issue MPs had to make a choice on what they thought was right for the country. All MPs had a variety of pressures on them in the run-up to the vote - the views of constituents, family, friends, colleagues, party members, whips and so on. I decided, after a lot of thought, that I had to do what I believed was right and then face the consequences, which might mean losing my seat. I said at the last election that 'sometimes you have to do what is right rather than what is popular' and I stand by that, but that doesn't mean ignoring the views of my constituents. It does mean would rather lose doing what is right than win by being false to you.
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