- Mon May 16, 2022 9:54 am
#25810
I've just finished Jess Phillips' book on being an MP, and she's pretty scathing about Corbyn, as you might expect. She points out that because we've come to associate expenses with fraud, we look on him as a saint for not claiming any. However, that just means he lives close enough to Westminster to go home every night, and his office don't do much work. For any MP from a distance outside London, having a flat or hotel room is a necessity - not everyone's taking the piss.
She goes on, saying that for such a campaigning MP, he's done very little over the years to get any legislation passed, save for a few early day motions , which are on about the same level as tame PMQs - lowball shout-outs aimed at getting you in the local rag. Yes, he does rallies, and he does them well, but they're generally easy gigs. Actually effecting change requires - shock horror - dealing with people you disagree with, and making deals.
As the actress said to the bishop, rabbi, imam and priest
"My eyes have seen the glory, I'm a born again Atheist!"