MPs still don’t see need to express our anger
FINALLY we’ve started to hear words from Rossendale’s Jake Berry and Haslingden’s Sara
Britcliffe about PartyGate - Boris Johnson’s seemingly never-ending stream of lockdown-busting gatherings in Westminster.
Mr Berry insists that Mr Johnson still enjoys the support of Conservative colleagues, and seems reluctant to say anything critical about Mr Johnson and his team’s antics, which have been heavily criticised in the Sue Gray report this week.
On Facebook, Mr Berry continues to post videos and photos of him and his team canvassing in the area, making the point that they are out and about talking to people about the issues which matter to local people.
That’s great (although pointing out they don’t just canvass at election time, when we’re only a few weeks from the start of the election campaign for May seems a bit of stretch) but it’s entirely possible to be deeply upset about what has happened in Westminster, and care about other issues too.
Labour summed it up well this week - the Prime Minister has treated the suffering endured by millions with contempt. Mr Berry is in danger of doing the same. Even Burnley MP Anthony Higginbottom, one of the most vocally loyal MPs to Mr Johnson, has been more critical.
Ms Britcliffe, meanwhile, is at least now stating she will say more once the police investigation into what happened at Downing Street has taken place.
But the fact a Prime Minister’s office is under investigation, and neither of our local MPs feel the need to represent the anger of their constituents publicly continues to be mindboggling to many.