Sharing Caring Labour - or cynical scam? You decide.
Thousands of electors (I don’t know how many yet, but I’ve written to find out) have suddenly received a letter from Hilary Armstong MP, on House of Commons notepaper, as having signed a petition in support of Shotley Bridge Hospital.
It’s possible that Hilary has just remembered that she set up this petition and thought she should do something with it. Or possibly she knew that postage rates were going up this weekend and wanted to save the long-suffering taxpayer a bit on the postage bill.
Cynics, however, may suspect that her sudden interest in our welfare arises from the election campaign which has just started. In the campaign we have tight limits on what can be spent, but funnily enough a letter from your MP won’t count.
The very small print at the bottom of the letter says it was “paid for by the House of Commons Communication allowance”. That’s another way of saying it was paid for by you and me through our taxes.
If this makes you a bit cross I can understand. The only advice I can give you however is that old adage. “Don’t get mad, get even”.
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