Open Letter to Karl McCartney MP

To : Karl McCartney
Subject : Held to account

Dear Mr McCartney,
I will not lie, I was disappointed you were reelected as during the last parliament I found you to be uninterested in what the people of Lincoln wanted and uninterested in the most basic of replies.
As you are my MP for another 5 years, however, I hope that this term will show you in a better light with regards representing the people of your constituency in Westminster. Let us not forget, THAT is what you are paid a considerable wage to do, and not, as your last term suggested, representing your Westminster party to your constituency.

With this in mind, would you accept that regular contact with your constituency is vital to you performing your job responsibly? Assuming you are a right minded individual, and you answered yes, would you put yourself in a position where you can be regularly held to account by the electorate?

I would very much like to hear that you intend to hold regular public events similar to the Lincoln hustings you refuse attendance, or a regular phone in show on a local radio station such as those held by Messrs Clegg and Farage on LBC. These, of course, are just two of many possible ways you can show yourself to be representative and held to account, and I am sure you are capable of coming up with your own preference. So long as such events are easily accessible and held in public, regularly, with notice, I am sure that the people of Lincoln will be happy.

Yours
Iain Baker

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