Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
Clacton residents complain that their MP doesn't hold surgeries. It's repeated in interviews with them on the news. It's repeated in the newspapers reporting those interviews...

Of course, it might just all be a load of bolleaux but I'm trying to work out why all those interviewed would lie about there being no surgeries? Why Farridge doesn't go all pantomime on the subject by exclaiming "oh, yes there are [surgeries]". Might that be because... there haven't been surgeries?
I know my anecdotes ‘trigger’ some on here, but (until earlier in the month when I closed the business) I had a fairly substantial customer base in Es*** generally and Clacton well represented amongst those. Every single one that has expressed a view is an NF fan and of those, any who’ve discussed his whereabouts couldn’t care less about lack of attendance. They just love the TV coverage he gets! I’m not suggesting my sample is any more representative than yours but is ‘direct’ ie not filtered through a media bias