On 27 Jul 2015 at 6:14pm Country Boy wrote:
Well done Maria. Now - lets hear it from the critics!
On 27 Jul 2015 at 6:39pm Phfellow2004 wrote:
She said that she would do this before the General Election and so she has fulfilled her promise. It may have escaped folk's notice but, also as promised, she has vigorously spoken up for the Constituency in the House of Commons on transport and health issues, two of her main manifesto commitments. In the space of only a few weeks since being elected, she has already achieved an impeccable attendance and voting record at Westminster. Well Done Maria..........just keep it up!
On 27 Jul 2015 at 8:18pm Tipex wrote:
I'd strongly recommend Dan Bunyan in lewes (Google idrive). Very friendly, patient and reasonably priced. Great guy.
On 27 Jul 2015 at 9:43pm Newell Fisher wrote:
But she's still a tory...
On 27 Jul 2015 at 9:54pm Local wrote:
Yes she is, thank goodness!
On 27 Jul 2015 at 10:18pm Red ken wrote:
Publicity gimmick to influence the feeble minded aka most of the Tory party supporters. More sensible folk can see right through it for what it is.
On 28 Jul 2015 at 1:13am Paul Mallard wrote:
While it appears to all intents and purposes a valiant gesture, it leaves me feeling empty. I would prefer she donate 10% to the Department of Transport or the crumbling welfare state. I'm glad her attendance is high and she is campaigning on local issues, but I feel sad that England has become so Victorian in its approach towards helping the poor...
On 28 Jul 2015 at 1:23am lewes ian wrote:
The nerve of the woman. She must think everyone is stupid to fall for that.
On 28 Jul 2015 at 8:00am Ben wrote:
Victorian? How can you compare today's poor with the Victorian poor. We have come a long way since then, there are by Victorian standards no poor at all in this country. Even in the last 50 years the poor have become less poor. In the 70s I can remember kids at school who were from poor families. They smelt, their clothes were in bad condition, and they were thin, their parents looked thin and ill etc, this is rare nowadays. The problem, is that the rich are seen to be getting richer while the poor stay the same. I can't remember my point now so I'll make way for the thumbs down.
On 28 Jul 2015 at 8:46am Sussex Jim wrote:
You are exactly right, Ben. No-one needs to be so poor these days that they cannot wash or eat properly. Although some people choose to go around scruffy and moaning.
I am not bothered that some get extremely rich: as long as I am comfortable. Let's keep the chips on the plate, not on our shoulders.
On 28 Jul 2015 at 9:09am ClicketyYak wrote:
Shame the Tory hierarchy aren't so committed to their so-called manifesto promises. Same as in 2010, pledge after pledge now being quietly dropped.
On 28 Jul 2015 at 10:19am charles wrote:
That's the point Lewes Ian. Tories do think the electorate is stupid. They must be right for all the leeches to get in.
On 28 Jul 2015 at 12:01pm Wheres Norman? wrote:
Well done Maria! I'm not a natural Tory voter, but you have started well, and I hope you have a little more moral backbone than your predecessor Norman Baker. All you need to do is get the Lewes-Uckfield Rail Link built this century! Thanks 
On 28 Jul 2015 at 12:02pm Old Bloke wrote:
Some awful people on this forum & Red Ken & similar the perfect example of the bitter leftie
Might have escaped their notice but the current MP for Lewes was elected with a majority vote
The Labour Party result in the last election was another nail in the coffin of a party that is a grotesque parody of what it should be. That parody is typified by some of the remarks on here who appear to be completely unable to accept the workings of democracy in this country
The applause on here for an idiot with a so called garden centre who decided to charge Tory voters 10% extra sums up the resident leftie spite
The wonderful people and great leaders of a long gone Labour Party will be turning in their graves at some of the stuff on here
Foul
On 28 Jul 2015 at 12:52pm Normans Wisdom wrote:
A Tory mp with a moral backbone? Don't be ridiculous. I can see you are very easily led " where's Norman".
On 28 Jul 2015 at 1:19pm Clifford wrote:
'It may have escaped folk's notice...'
I do dislike this cute use of 'folks'. It seems to have come over from America. Obama does it all the time. Still, I suppose it's too late to complain now.
On 28 Jul 2015 at 4:01pm Clement Attlee wrote:
Old Bloke - would you care to specify what the Labour party should stand for, and name some of the great leaders turning in their graves?
On 28 Jul 2015 at 4:26pm Wheres Norman? wrote:
BTW Normans Wisdom, have you and Stormin Norman got a job yet? Maybe you could be his roadie, as part of his bands sell out tour of Sussex.
On 28 Jul 2015 at 7:16pm Sussex Jim wrote:
Who's Norman?
On 29 Jul 2015 at 4:48am Sussex Dim wrote:
I wonder if any of you history boys knows who said;
"I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am."
Clue - In this vein the govt of the day stopped funding hospital builds because the big industrialists were supposed to have Victorian values and provide them instead (they didn't).
On 29 Jul 2015 at 6:43am Spawn of you know who wrote:
I know who said that - spit-
and the result is the bad things that the Victorians lived with, but they covered them up with The Empire and flag waving. We have to live with it in the open. Relatively, it is only technology that has made our lives easier than the Victorians'
On 29 Jul 2015 at 6:52am lord of the manner wrote:
a lot of people confess to being "poor" or "hard done by". they tweet it on their iphone while watching Jeremy Kyle on their 50" flat screen.
On 29 Jul 2015 at 12:00pm to the manner borne wrote:
Someone has to carry us
On 29 Jul 2015 at 8:59pm John Bunyan @ tipex wrote:
Dan ain't heavy he's my brother.
On 31 Jul 2015 at 12:15am Newspeak wrote:
Clifford , 'folk' is commonly used in the north and in Scotland. It's hardly an Americanisation