WFP and politics

[PhædrusR]

yes if you want them to a proper job, do you realize just how much correspondence alone they have to deal with ? usually a MP with have one researcher and one assistant (at least) because they are always being asked to look into things, correspond (especially with councils) with institutions and then have to understand law, prep questions, prep for select committees. Also most live away from their family for the week that the house is sitting.

Few of us on here would or could want to do their role.

Agreed, well said. With the advent of email, twitter, social media too they get a lot more comms and casework, much easier to contact your MP than write and stamp and post a letter or phone call.
After you filter out the nutters, repeat correspondees, etc.

Suspect many MPs need the staff to deal with the day to day casework so they can concentrate on parliamentary and political work, bills, legislation, select committees. The important stuff to them.

Rather be doing that than dealing with Muriel's problem with her neighbour Hammy's overflowing water gutter affecting her damp course, with the Council doing nothing about it.

 

[PhædrusR]

US election:

Can't decide who I think is worse.

The lesser of two evils?

Harris: poor candidate, can't think on her feet, can't talk off-script, can't answer simple voter questions, flip-flops on issues, has no purpose, no principles, seems to stand for nothing and has the worst, whiny, nasally, voice that I could not listen to for long. Not President material. Democrats should have had a candidacy election, not a VP annointment, for someone with charisma and appeal.

Trump: egotistical, playground bully who wants power for himself and no other and no other purpose. Cares little about other people. No understanding of geopolitics, or much else except business. And not great at business either. Questionable past business ethics. Speaks badly. Thinks badly. Only understands the do worse or say worse than the other and embellish everything. Say it enough times and some people will believe you.

My vote would go elsewhere if I was eligible to participate.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Hi Phaed.

You got rather a rough response on the IW forum and this subject is probably too complex and emotional to be handled there.

Some posters are also quite sensitive and take everything personally.

As for grammar and spelling, well none of us are perfect and auto text and typos can take a hand here. Your no doubt well meaning attempts to correct the use of there for their for example fell on stony ground.

I did notice that the "student" Emily was prone to such errors in her brief span of postings which I found strange for someone at university. Her spelling and style was also similar to existing posters.

The reason I posted on WFP was because I personally am going to be hit by the loss. I used the money to store up a supply of logs and coal to take the strain off my ancient central heating. I don't consider myself to be poor and there must be many like me. The PC level is too low to make the cut.

I just wanted to make these points clear to you as I did not feel you were being personal or offensive.

Such discussions make a change from the deplorable antics of Peter Simon & Co.

Agree about grammar. It really bugs me I admit but didn’t wish to get involved on this topic on that particular board.

None of us are perfect absolutely. The use of their/there/they’re was irritating me actually and still does and I see no harm whatsoever in at least trying to educate somebody. If we all stood back assuming that there are other issues and not even try to inform or educate then we would all stand still and be uninformed.
One can only try and if it fails fair enough then maybe there are other issues in play..but never assume that someone cannot be educated. Where would we all be if everyone assumed that any education is wasted?

I know sweet f.a. about watches and made it clear on that board and one of the members educated me a little after my request. I now know that they show you the time