tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post8454772048867422527..comments2023-12-24T20:48:11.634+00:00Comments on Opinionated Vicar: Local politics links for YeovilDavid Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-13113429794280842152007-12-11T18:36:00.000+00:002007-12-11T18:36:00.000+00:00You have a fair point, I just sometimes wonder wha...You have a fair point, I just sometimes wonder what the real purpose is behind these questions because the questions are often very obscure and could probably better be answered through the select committee process.<BR/><BR/>However, I sometimes think politics may get in the way of good government. To give you a recent example of a question David Laws asked Gordon Brown:<BR/><BR/>"To ask the Kevin Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297006428452885206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-61105350659829521252007-12-08T07:40:00.000+00:002007-12-08T07:40:00.000+00:00Hi KevinIt's a fair cop, my apologies, though were...Hi Kevin<BR/><BR/>It's a fair cop, my apologies, though were you being unfair on DL by not mentioning in your posting that he was a front bench spokesman and had been asking lots of questions in that role?<BR/><BR/>My understanding was that front bench people were holding the government to account through asking questions, rather than 'doing research for his party'. If that's what you're accusingDavid Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-61451967462015345872007-12-07T10:22:00.000+00:002007-12-07T10:22:00.000+00:00Hi David,I think you are being a touch unfair on m...Hi David,<BR/><BR/>I think you are being a touch unfair on me here. <BR/><BR/>I was having a go at him because despite having asked nearly 1,400 questions in the past year alone (at a cost of nearly £500,000) he had not asked a single question on the issue of Pittards of Yeovil, who have just announced job cuts due to the strength of the pound.<BR/><BR/>He might well be a party spokesman but it Kevin Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297006428452885206noreply@blogger.com