The Culture of Death marches onwards! - Page 5

Ken Moss · 30-04-2010, 11:53

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Originally Posted by Less

Disgusting! You're telling us your wife is only 12?

Just a gnat's wing older than that but she's certainly aging better than I am!

Hiddlebit · 02-05-2010, 05:45

Just seen Less's comments about "thread wander" - my comment about kids was in the context of slipping standards in schools...just a point that we can't blame that on the schools, of whatever stripe - we have to take responsibility too for the way society has turned out. Sorry it was a bit off topic and induced further wander....

widnes viking · 02-05-2010, 08:24

If there is any issue here for me its the fact that Greg Pope has stood for Labour when winning the seat was nailed on. When its a fight for the seat and he may lose he has took a job elsewhere. I'd like to know when he first got this job offer. We can then judge his comments at the time of announcing he wasn't going to stand of wanting to spend more time with the family as truly the case or the stated excuse for taking a career turn to suit his own needs and not that of the party.

jaysay · 02-05-2010, 08:54

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Originally Posted by widnes viking

If there is any issue here for me its the fact that Greg Pope has stood for Labour when winning the seat was nailed on. When its a fight for the seat and he may lose he has took a job elsewhere. I'd like to know when he first got this job offer. We can then judge his comments at the time of announcing he wasn't going to stand of wanting to spend more time with the family as truly the case or the stated excuse for taking a career turn to suit his own needs and not that of the party.

I think only Greg himself can answer that, but having been an MP for 18 years, in which time his family has grown up, think his youngest was on about 18 months old when elected, plus the travel aspect every week, and lets not go down the road about these long holidays, that is a joke, most constituency MPs only take the usual holidays, then the rest of the time they work extremely hard in their constituencies. I would think that after 18 years most people would want a break from the political bubble that is Westminster, especially in the current climate

shillelagh · 06-05-2010, 15:44

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Originally Posted by widnes viking

If there is any issue here for me its the fact that Greg Pope has stood for Labour when winning the seat was nailed on. When its a fight for the seat and he may lose he has took a job elsewhere. I'd like to know when he first got this job offer. We can then judge his comments at the time of announcing he wasn't going to stand of wanting to spend more time with the family as truly the case or the stated excuse for taking a career turn to suit his own needs and not that of the party.

Greg announced last June that he wouldnt be standing again.