tessa

[davidm]

any sightings of her yet?

[MitchK]

Not yet. Had the Tory and Liberal candidates on my doorstep though. Perhaps Tessa thinks she has it in the bag.

[TonyQuinn]

Whatever you think of the Labour Party, it's pretty rich of you Mitch to make the suggestion that Tessa does not show her face around Dulwich. She's always around doing something.

On a wider point, every comment I've read about the election has been laced with cynicism and complacency. My view is that if you don't believe in the political process and have no intention of voting, then don't bother commenting and subjecting the rest of the world to your lack of interest.

Politics matters!

[Moos]

TonyQuinn Wrote:

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My view is that if you don't believe

> in the political process and have no intention of

> voting, then don't bother commenting and

> subjecting the rest of the world to your lack of

> interest.

> Politics matters!

Cynicism is one thing, but what on earth gives you the gall loftily to suggest that the people commenting on politics on this forum are not planning to vote?

[TonyQuinn]

Moos, you are absolutely right, no evidence on this thread for my intervention. There's another thread that really did my nut and I should have commented on that one.

[Moos]

OK, thanks TQ.

[MitchK]

Tony, as you say, you were talking about someone else so I won't take offence, but for info, I love politics and will certainly vote.

I should admit to being biased in my anti-Tessa comments.

On a separate note, I do think the minor parties should get more media coverage. At least they have different opinions. The Lib Dems get equal coverage to the Tories and Labour, despite garnerning half the votes.

[Jah Lush]

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

[mothernature]

She has been seen outside Peckham Rye Station prior to previous elections.

[ianr]

MitchK Wrote:

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> Not yet. Had the Tory and Liberal candidates on my doorstep though. Perhaps Tessa thinks she has it

> in the bag.

Parliament's still sitting this week. Even then, she'll still carry on being a cabinet minister, so may have other demands on her time. Is there any specific detriment in her not having been on your particular doorstep yesterday, today, tomorrow, ...?

Come to that, I've had no candidates at all at my door yet. Should I be wailing about them all? Perhaps they all think they have it in the bag.

[MitchK]

She's only Olympics Minister, not Foreign Secretary. I'm sure civil servants take most of the decisions anyway. Tessa doesn't even live in the constituency, does she? I'd rather support a local candidate.

[ianr]

MitchK Wrote:

> I'd rather support a local candidate.

Good, sorted.

[????]

She's as elusive as those damn WMDs

[TJMP]

Hi everybody,

Just been shopping on Lordship Lane - where were you? ;-)

I'm out and about tomorrow - advice session at Kingswood House followed by discussions with the police and private visits to relatives of a constituent who was the victim of a serious crime. West Norwood and Lordship Lane on Saturday and campaigning hard on Sunday.

On Monday I am at an LGBT event at the Ritzy from 6pm to 8pm. On which subject - in case you've missed it - you can see the real face of David Cameron here:

Proof, along with the recent comments by Chris Grayling, that the Tories are just pretending to be comfortable in modern, tolerant Britain, when actually they're just the same old Tories.

What a beautiful day in East Dulwich. I love this time of the year when the blossom is just fantastic.

Tessa Jowell

[Mick Mac]

Who was that?

[MitchK]

Tolerant Britain, unless you have Christian beliefs of course!

[*Bob*]

Surely you mean 'unless you have Christian beliefs and somehow feel that the business which you run ought to be exempted from the discrimination laws as applied to everybody else'?

[DaveR]

"they're just the same old Tories"

The complete sum of the Labour campaign for re-election.

[????]

or as that blog said in the Guardian on here...

"We've been sleazy, corrupt, incompetent and useless but imagine how much worse it would have been under the Tories"

Still, neither of them are getting my x

[iaineasy]

She has been seen outside Peckham Rye Station prior to previous elections.

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no doubt after the next one too selling the Big Issue with any luck.

hugs

[mothernature]

Not sure about the TJMP post at 12.37 PM.

Tessa Jowell

Can not spell.

But her husband can.

MN

[KalamityKel]

Note Tessa was only "shopping". I don't quite think that's the kind of presence people are refering to somehow...

[peckhamboy]

TJMP Wrote:

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> Hi everybody,

>

> Just been shopping on Lordship Lane - where were

> you? ;-)

>

Hmmm, let me see. 12.37 on a Thursday. Where was I? Oh yes, in the office, doing an honest day's work (not a phrase I'd expect an MP to understand), all for the privilege of giving half of my salary to the government to flush down the toilet. Still, nice to know that our local MP was out and about enjoying the sunshine and getting the shopping in. Hopefully after May 6th she'll have a bit more time for things like that...