Excellent work and extensive research.......some of these people must now be dreading a call from NN Journal and it just about sums or the attitude of the Tory Government and Boris Johnson which is now filtered through to Local Authorities with total disregard for accountability and performance issues that would not be tolerated 20 years ago!
Not responding to a hostile, left wing blog like the NN Journal does not mean these MPs don't hold surgeries. Given that both Jo Cox and Sir David Amess were killed at their surgeries, anyone with a brain cell would understand why MPs do appointment based surgeries in undisclosed locations. So no, they're not going to tell you where they hold them unless you're a constituent, because they're not idiots... And the reason you don't get replies is because you're clearly left leaning, hostile individuals. It's not rocket science.
I am a constituent. I have tried via email and social media to find out when and where Chris Heaton-Harris "coffee mornings" are scheduled to take place. Emails seem to disappear into the great unknown, can't message directly on social media - and just dare ask this, indeed any question, on one of his posts (most of which are "look at what did this weekend, yay me") it gets a standard contact my office message which within 24hrs is gone. (It was so obviously clear when we were all asking about the tax rebate - on his heavyweight lifting achievement or some such when I switched off lights at about 10pm he had over 25 comments on his post, dropped down to around 8 by the next morning)
Very few MP's use the safety concerns as an excuse, and it shouldn't be, an MP can't arrange proper security - very telling indeed.
Again, the size of his constituency is precisely why he should be holding surgeries or coffee mornings. I challenge you to find him deviating from 3 venues. Small venues in villages, where he is fawned over. These are advertised 2-3 days before and on group sites, so miss a post, tough luck
I was a huge supporter of Chris Heaton Harris, but he has blatant disregard for the people who voted for him and their issues.
My MP, Andrew Lewer has blocked me on twitter which does not help. The other issues raised by this regarding electronic contacts and phone calls is simply ignoring their constituents, but not at their peril as the recent elections have shown.
To be fair to them regarding the David Amess incident, I do get that they need some kind of protection when attending face to face meetings. I would have thought that the Home Office would have recommended that they had a security presence at their surgeries or some kind of screening so that cannot be reached physically and can summon help from aides or the police if required.
I do understand why the murder of David Amess (and attacks on MPs of other parties before that) has made our local representatives cautious about 'open house' drop-in events.
Sadly these may be a thing of the past. However, I am not convinced that many of these MPs are doing enough to be accessible to us as constituents - especially those of us who are less literate and digitally articulate. It looks like some may be trying to just wash their hands of constituency casework.
All the parties at Westminster need to identify 'best practice' among their respective tribes and encourage their lazier MPs to shape up. I am sure their are more assiduous MPs than our lot (probably in more marginal seats)!
Well said. It's not all MP's to be fair, however it seems no effort is made to mitigate these "obstacles" of security and the size of their constituency. Unfortunately, you may have to wait until door knocking closer to election time I'm afraid.
Well done, NNJ ... obviously none of these 'representatives' gives a toss what constituents think about anything or what problems they may have. Why do people vote for them?
Praising an anti-Tory 'news outlet' for reporting that they didn't get answers from the people they despise? If you really think these MPs don't do surgeries, you haven't got a clue.
Oh I KNOW they don't - trust me when I say, I am not a bumbling idiot making things up as I go along singing "Dancing Queen". I have all my little ducks in a row. Perhaps we should ask the editors of this "news outlet" to do an interview with each of us - let's get the facts out - so that Sid and the rest of us can "have a clue"
Excellent work and extensive research.......some of these people must now be dreading a call from NN Journal and it just about sums or the attitude of the Tory Government and Boris Johnson which is now filtered through to Local Authorities with total disregard for accountability and performance issues that would not be tolerated 20 years ago!
Not only does Michael Ellis not publicise or appear to hold surgeries, he blocked me on Twitter two years ago, when I politely pointed this out.
Excellent piece of research.
The Tories have no need for any offices as the voters will support them anyway irrespective how little they do.
Not responding to a hostile, left wing blog like the NN Journal does not mean these MPs don't hold surgeries. Given that both Jo Cox and Sir David Amess were killed at their surgeries, anyone with a brain cell would understand why MPs do appointment based surgeries in undisclosed locations. So no, they're not going to tell you where they hold them unless you're a constituent, because they're not idiots... And the reason you don't get replies is because you're clearly left leaning, hostile individuals. It's not rocket science.
I am a constituent. I have tried via email and social media to find out when and where Chris Heaton-Harris "coffee mornings" are scheduled to take place. Emails seem to disappear into the great unknown, can't message directly on social media - and just dare ask this, indeed any question, on one of his posts (most of which are "look at what did this weekend, yay me") it gets a standard contact my office message which within 24hrs is gone. (It was so obviously clear when we were all asking about the tax rebate - on his heavyweight lifting achievement or some such when I switched off lights at about 10pm he had over 25 comments on his post, dropped down to around 8 by the next morning)
Very few MP's use the safety concerns as an excuse, and it shouldn't be, an MP can't arrange proper security - very telling indeed.
Again, the size of his constituency is precisely why he should be holding surgeries or coffee mornings. I challenge you to find him deviating from 3 venues. Small venues in villages, where he is fawned over. These are advertised 2-3 days before and on group sites, so miss a post, tough luck
I was a huge supporter of Chris Heaton Harris, but he has blatant disregard for the people who voted for him and their issues.
My MP, Andrew Lewer has blocked me on twitter which does not help. The other issues raised by this regarding electronic contacts and phone calls is simply ignoring their constituents, but not at their peril as the recent elections have shown.
To be fair to them regarding the David Amess incident, I do get that they need some kind of protection when attending face to face meetings. I would have thought that the Home Office would have recommended that they had a security presence at their surgeries or some kind of screening so that cannot be reached physically and can summon help from aides or the police if required.
I do understand why the murder of David Amess (and attacks on MPs of other parties before that) has made our local representatives cautious about 'open house' drop-in events.
Sadly these may be a thing of the past. However, I am not convinced that many of these MPs are doing enough to be accessible to us as constituents - especially those of us who are less literate and digitally articulate. It looks like some may be trying to just wash their hands of constituency casework.
All the parties at Westminster need to identify 'best practice' among their respective tribes and encourage their lazier MPs to shape up. I am sure their are more assiduous MPs than our lot (probably in more marginal seats)!
Well said. It's not all MP's to be fair, however it seems no effort is made to mitigate these "obstacles" of security and the size of their constituency. Unfortunately, you may have to wait until door knocking closer to election time I'm afraid.
Well done, NNJ ... obviously none of these 'representatives' gives a toss what constituents think about anything or what problems they may have. Why do people vote for them?
Praising an anti-Tory 'news outlet' for reporting that they didn't get answers from the people they despise? If you really think these MPs don't do surgeries, you haven't got a clue.
Oh I KNOW they don't - trust me when I say, I am not a bumbling idiot making things up as I go along singing "Dancing Queen". I have all my little ducks in a row. Perhaps we should ask the editors of this "news outlet" to do an interview with each of us - let's get the facts out - so that Sid and the rest of us can "have a clue"