That's not what this is. It's self-aggrandising, partisan, "pat-yourself-on-the-back" posturing from both parties.
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Dodged my question about housing regarding the sitting incumbent housing minister in one of the most underprivileged areas of London.
It's "community engagement", it's self-congratulatory, posturing used to imply community support. In other words: advertising.
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It's the same reason celebrities take pictures of themselves surrounded by starving children, it's an image game. And I'm not buying it.
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And these tweets aren't advertising your supposed insurgent and supposed opposition positioning? Right...
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I have 29 followers, Mario...
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Gavin is not posturing. Please read his blog, watch his speeches. Hopefully you'll see he's not an empty suit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRDPKFQkRcc …
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A very welcome display. I'm glad 2 hear this + hope to see more. But I'm measuring his failures as housing minister, of which there are many
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He also has numerous other things to answer for on his voting record. There are plenty of abysmal MPs who have done some OK things.
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Voting records don't show context/policy detail surrounding the vote, they're easy to attack even if there's no actual objection in reality.
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There's always a reason not to have to answer for your record, huh? For once it'd be refreshing to hear someone just hold their hands up (1)
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and say "yep, that was me. I'm not going to deny it. If you don't like it, I suggest you vote for someone else". (2)
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