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 justice	22
Adult education	1
Afghanistan	28
Africa	28
Age discrimination	1
Agriculture	9
Agriculture and environment	1
Alternatives to prison	4
Animal diseases	4
Animal experiments	8
Animal welfare	21
Animals	10
Anti-social behaviour	2
Armed forces	46
Armed forces welfare	5
Arms control	5
Arts	3
Asia	45
Asylum	7
Aviation	9
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B
Ballistic missile defence	1
Benefits administration	3
Benefits policy	11
Biodiversity	3
Broadcasting	21
Burial and cremation	1
Buses	2
Business support	2
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C
Central government	4
Charities	27
Child care	3
Children and families	50
Children's social services	12
Civil law	2
Civil Service	5
Climate change	1
Coal	6
Common Agricultural Policy	1
Communicable diseases	1
Community care	11
Companies	62
Competition	1
Constitution	1
Construction industry	7
Consumers	25
Coroners	1
Countryside	10
Courts	10
Crime	11
Crimes of violence	13
Crown	4
Cultural heritage	56
Cycling	1
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D
Data protection	4
Death	17
Defence equipment and procurement	6
Defence expenditure	1
Devolution	4
Disability discrimination	6
Diseases	62
Drugs misuse	5
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E
Eastern Europe	11
Economic policy	5
Economic situation	8
Election results : international	1
Elections	3
Electoral franchise	3
Electoral register	2
Electoral systems	2
Electricity	4
Emergency services	3
Employment	42
Employment schemes	2
Energy	33
Energy conservation	2
Environmental protection	13
Equality	36
Ethnic groups	8
EU enlargement	1
EU external relations	2
EU law and treaties	7
Europe	4
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F
Family law	3
Farmers	3
Financial institutions	10
Financial services	43
Fire services	8
Fisheries	3
Flooding	6
Food	22
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	1
Forestry	2
Freedom of information	7
Fuel poverty	2
Further education	6
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G
Gambling	5
Gender recognition	2
Genetics	1
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H
Health education and preventive medicine	37
Health finance	1
Health services	70
Health staff and professions	10
Higher education	10
Homelessness	1
House of Commons	3
Housing	11
Housing benefits	6
Housing standards	2
Housing supply	1
Human rights	42
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I
Immigration	13
Incomes and poverty	27
Industrial health and safety	24
Industrial relations	28
Industry	5
Information technology	10
Insolvency	2
Intelligence services	3
International development	8
International law	4
International organisations	4
International politics and government	52
International trade	4
Internet and cybercrime	14
Iran	5
Iraq	6
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L
Latin America	10
Legal aid	6
Legal profession	6
Legislative process	2
Leisure	17
Libraries	3
Loans	4
Local government	19
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M
Manufacturing industries	10
Marine environment	6
Marriage	1
Media	12
Medical ethics	2
Medicine	4
Members of Parliament	9
Members of the Lords	2
Mental health	10
Middle East	42
Military operations	49
Mortgages	2
Museums and galleries	7
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N
National Assembly for Wales	1
National insurance	3
National Lottery	1
Nationality	4
Nature conservation	7
North America	12
Northern Ireland Assembly	3
Nuclear power	7
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O
Obesity	9
Oil, petrol and natural gas	12
Older people	6
Overseas territories	3
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P
Parliament	23
Parliamentary procedure	6
Patient rights and complaints	3
Pay	19
Pensions	15
Performing arts	17
Planning	9
Police	14
Political parties	3
Pollution	5
Population	1
Postal services	7
Press	10
Prisons	10
Public expenditure	2
Public inquiries	1
Public order offences	1
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R
Racial discrimination	4
Railways	23
Regional planning and development	1
Registration of births, deaths and marriages	1
Regulation	14
Religion and faith communities	30
Religious discrimination	9
Renewable energy	4
Research and innovation	8
Roads	15
Russia	4
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S
Schools	33
Science	16
Scottish Parliament	1
Security industry	3
Service industries	34
Sex discrimination	11
Sexual offences	5
Shipping	11
Sickness, disability and carers' benefits	5
Small businesses	10
Smoking	3
Social rented housing	5
Speaker	1
Special educational needs	3
Sports and Olympic Games	77
Standards	3
Students	10
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T
Taxation	28
Teachers	5
Telecommunications	4
Terrorism	5
Tourism	12
Training	9
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U
Unemployment	5
United Nations	1
Utilities	23
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V
Vaccination	2
Veterans	9
Voluntary organisations	11
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W
Waste management	3
Water industry	4
Western Europe	24
Wildlife	14
Wills and intestacy	1
Working age benefits