14 February (Part 5) - MP shows signs of becoming an independent while an old Tory drifts towards the left
It
crossed my mind yesterday that it has been a long time since I had heard
anything about my MP Abena Oppong-Asare. Someone mentioned her as being an unexplained absentee from
Dave Putson’s Cost of Living Crisis meetings and wondered
why but apart from that nothing. I suspect it is because Bexley Councillors are caught between a rock and a
hard place over ULEZ and the MP is similarly placed. In my opinion they have to toe the party line which appears to be
let’s hammer the poorest member’s of society while not believing a word of it.
I did have a conversation around rather than about the issue with one of them
which I interpreted as confirmation that they, or at least one, knows how costly Sadiq Khan is.
@bexleynews is renowned for its lying but I doubt even they would quote what an
MP may have said unless she had. Abena’s comment - “people are going to be worse
off” - if she actually does something about it, must be welcome news to many in her constituency.
She is well aware that it is not the wealthiest.
To that end Abena has also issued a Cost of Living Crisis brochure which you may
download from her website. (Scroll to the bottom for the PDF.)
Among the many failures of the Conservative Government I feel their failure to
recognise the financial impact on those at the opposite ends of the social spectrum to Sunak
and Hunt will ensure their demise which is why BiB provides limited support to Dave Putson’s
meetings. Ultimately this government has to be made to see sense or be brought down,
it is just that I am not as sure as Dave is of how best to go about it.
Due to government policies large numbers of people cannot afford to pay their
electricity bills but because I was able to take advantage of their Net Zero
subsidies and capable of installing electrical gadgets myself I have squeezed my
electricity bills down to around fifty pence most days. And that includes the standing charge.
I suppose it should reinforce my life long inclination to Conservatism but in
practice it does the reverse. It is simply unfair and nonsensical. Shame that Labour still looks to be an
even worse prospect.