Sunday 9 February 2014

Proof that Barnets Tory MP's are completely out of touch with the ordinary working man (and woman) - No support for EDM 892

It has long been suspected that Barnets Tories are an elitist bunch who despise the ordinary working man. Despite the wholesale closure of pubs across Barnet, there has been not a squeak of support for this industry, which forms the social hub of the Borough. There has been a community based campaign to save the Bohemia in North Finchley, which Mike Freer MP has publicly disassociated himself with. Lib Dem Councillor Jack Cohen has been campaigning for the preservation of a historic pub in Childs Hil (http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/10961320._There_s_a_ray_of_light____pub_one_step_closer_to_being_listed_as_community_asset/)l, yet local MP's Mike Freer and Matthew Offord  have not said a dickybird on the subject.

This hatred of the common working man and his favourite tipple, a nice pint of beer, can easily be demonstrated by the fact that neither MP has signed Early Day Motion 892. At the last budget, the Chancellor enacted the first cut in duty on beer since 1959, to help the pockets of hard pressed beer drinkers and to try and do something to help the ailing brwery industry. Tory MP Andrew Griffiths (clearly a tad more down to earth than the lot around here) tabled EDM 892 to congratulate the government on this wise move. The text of the EDM states
That this House welcomes the ending of the beer duty escalator and the impact of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's historic beer duty cut in the 2013 Budget, the first such cut since 1959, in supporting the growth of Britain's breweries and underpinning confidence in the UK's pubs; and urges the Government to sustain this momentum by considering the case for a further freeze in beer duty in the 2014 Budget which would secure over 2,000 jobs in pubs up and down the land and help reduce the cost of living for hard-working men and women.
Now the motion has attracted support from all sides of the commons, even veteran Left wing firebrand Dennis Skinner signed, recognising that the main beneficiaries of this cut would be the hard pressed working people of the country who like a pint after a days toil. Sadly neither Freer or Offord saw fit to sign the motion. Bob Blackman, a Tory MP from neighbouring Harrow has signed, so clearly Harrow Tories are a bit more grounded and in touch with the man on the Clapham Omnibus (or even the 114 !).

Here is the full deatils and signatories

http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2013-14/892

You may ask what EDM's they support? Well it seems that Matthew Offord cannot be bothered to support any at all. It seems that Matthew doesn't exactly overwork in the Early Day !

http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2013-14/5616/matthew-offord

What about Mike Freer MP? Again it seems that Mike can't be bothered to support anything.

http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2013-14/5732/mike-freer

What about Theresa Villiers? Again, a big fat zero.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/early-day-motions/edm-member-detail/?session=2012-13&member=4452

So we have three Tory MP's in Barnet, who between them have not supported a single Early Day Motion.

Next Year, these three will be knocking on your doors, asking for your votes. There is a full list of all the EDM's that they haven't supported here. These are all of the topics that your local MP's couldn't be bothered to support. You can click any of these subjects and see what your MP's are too lazy to get involved with.

A

Administration of justice22
Adult education1
Afghanistan28
Africa28
Age discrimination1
Agriculture9
Agriculture and environment1
Alternatives to prison4
Animal diseases4
Animal experiments8
Animal welfare21
Animals10
Anti-social behaviour2
Armed forces46
Armed forces welfare5
Arms control5
Arts3
Asia45
Asylum7
Aviation9
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B

Ballistic missile defence1
Benefits administration3
Benefits policy11
Biodiversity3
Broadcasting21
Burial and cremation1
Buses2
Business support2
^Top

C

Central government4
Charities27
Child care3
Children and families50
Children's social services12
Civil law2
Civil Service5
Climate change1
Coal6
Common Agricultural Policy1
Communicable diseases1
Community care11
Companies62
Competition1
Constitution1
Construction industry7
Consumers25
Coroners1
Countryside10
Courts10
Crime11
Crimes of violence13
Crown4
Cultural heritage56
Cycling1
^Top

D

Data protection4
Death17
Defence equipment and procurement6
Defence expenditure1
Devolution4
Disability discrimination6
Diseases62
Drugs misuse5
^Top

E

Eastern Europe11
Economic policy5
Economic situation8
Election results : international1
Elections3
Electoral franchise3
Electoral register2
Electoral systems2
Electricity4
Emergency services3
Employment42
Employment schemes2
Energy33
Energy conservation2
Environmental protection13
Equality36
Ethnic groups8
EU enlargement1
EU external relations2
EU law and treaties7
Europe4
^Top

F

Family law3
Farmers3
Financial institutions10
Financial services43
Fire services8
Fisheries3
Flooding6
Food22
Foreign and Commonwealth Office1
Forestry2
Freedom of information7
Fuel poverty2
Further education6
^Top

G

Gambling5
Gender recognition2
Genetics1
^Top

H

Health education and preventive medicine37
Health finance1
Health services70
Health staff and professions10
Higher education10
Homelessness1
House of Commons3
Housing11
Housing benefits6
Housing standards2
Housing supply1
Human rights42
^Top

I

Immigration13
Incomes and poverty27
Industrial health and safety24
Industrial relations28
Industry5
Information technology10
Insolvency2
Intelligence services3
International development8
International law4
International organisations4
International politics and government52
International trade4
Internet and cybercrime14
Iran5
Iraq6
^Top

L

Latin America10
Legal aid6
Legal profession6
Legislative process2
Leisure17
Libraries3
Loans4
Local government19
^Top

M

Manufacturing industries10
Marine environment6
Marriage1
Media12
Medical ethics2
Medicine4
Members of Parliament9
Members of the Lords2
Mental health10
Middle East42
Military operations49
Mortgages2
Museums and galleries7
^Top

N

National Assembly for Wales1
National insurance3
National Lottery1
Nationality4
Nature conservation7
North America12
Northern Ireland Assembly3
Nuclear power7
^Top

O

Obesity9
Oil, petrol and natural gas12
Older people6
Overseas territories3
^Top

P

Parliament23
Parliamentary procedure6
Patient rights and complaints3
Pay19
Pensions15
Performing arts17
Planning9
Police14
Political parties3
Pollution5
Population1
Postal services7
Press10
Prisons10
Public expenditure2
Public inquiries1
Public order offences1
^Top

R

Racial discrimination4
Railways23
Regional planning and development1
Registration of births, deaths and marriages1
Regulation14
Religion and faith communities30
Religious discrimination9
Renewable energy4
Research and innovation8
Roads15
Russia4
^Top

S

Schools33
Science16
Scottish Parliament1
Security industry3
Service industries34
Sex discrimination11
Sexual offences5
Shipping11
Sickness, disability and carers' benefits5
Small businesses10
Smoking3
Social rented housing5
Speaker1
Special educational needs3
Sports and Olympic Games77
Standards3
Students10
^Top

T

Taxation28
Teachers5
Telecommunications4
Terrorism5
Tourism12
Training9
^Top

U

Unemployment5
United Nations1
Utilities23
^Top

V

Vaccination2
Veterans9
Voluntary organisations11
^Top

W

Waste management3
Water industry4
Western Europe24
Wildlife14
Wills and intestacy1
Working age benefits



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