Cumbria Chronic: "The MP Won't See You now."

I have been reading sone of the satirical columns extracting the Michael from the various power that be in Cumbria and Westminster published by "Cumbria Chronic."

No doubt I will not agree with all their opinions, as they seem to have taken pot-shots at politicians of every political party except Reform UK, (that's probably coming) not to mention various of their fellow journalists or "Churnalists."

Indeed, "Cumbria Chronic" seem to reserve the worst venom for their fellow "churnalists."

Reading these articles did rather remind me of the cushion owned by US President Teddy Roosevelt's daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, on which was embroidered the slogan 




 






(This quote is also often attributed to Dorothy Parker, but the Quote Investigator® website confirms it's provenance as having been on Alice Roosevelt Longworth's cushion.)

The latest bucket of cold water dumped today over the ego of a Cumbrian politician by Cumbria Chronic concerns the hoops you have to jump through if you want to see the Labour MP for Whitehaven and Workington, which begins as follows:

"To the annoyance of many, Cumbrian Labour MP Josh MacAlister (OBE) frequently sprays around nonsense political buzzwords – his most baffling being “roadblocks”.

But one of the biggest roadblocks in West Cumbria is the one erected by his office to stop voters from ever spontaneously meeting His Majesty.

Any member of the proletariat wanting a word in person with West Cumbria’s “man of the people” cannot simply turn up at his constituency office in Whitehaven and chew the fat with the area’s representative in Westminster."

To read about the steps you have to take if you want to try to see him, click on the link below to the article:

 THE MP WON’T SEE YOU NOW – The Cumbria Chronic

You may have to register - which just means providing a working email, there isn't a charge - to read it.

They had previously posted a piece making exactly the same kind of criticism of a similar practice by the Labour MP for Carlisle which you can read about here:

 MP LOCKS OUT THE PUBLIC – The Cumbria Chronic

I am kicking myself for not having previously spotted and linked to some of the other articles on Cumbria Chronic and will probably retrospectively do that over the next few days. Watch this space! 

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