Controversial Labour MP duo IS appreciated – by the Labour Group Leader on their local council!
In this cold cynical world it is truly heartwarming to know that Labour’s Parliamentary man and wife team for the London Borough of Hounslow have at least one appreciative supporter – even if that happens to be the Labour Group Leader on the local council!
We quote from the letters section of the Hounslow Borough Chronicle.
I am writing this letter with regards to the stories about Ann and Alan Keen MPs’Additional Cost Allowance that appeared in the press recently.
I have known Alan and Ann for many years. Alan has been the MP for Feltham and Heston for nearly 16 years and throughout that time he has worked tirelessly to help people in his constituency.
I believe the papers’ representations of them to be completely false.
Ann and Alan have broken no rules and have done nothing wrong.
The facts and figures which are being bandied about are being distorted.
Alan is wholly committed to doing his very best for his constituents and this is something that should be focused on.
The Labour Party is very proud of all the work Alan has done over the past 16 years and they are very happy that Alan and Ann are the MPs representing the people of Hounslow.
I hope the people of Hounslow will not believe these false representations and that they will not forget the important role Alan has played in the Heathrow anti-expansion campaign and the many other important issues he has campaigned for in the constituency.
CLLR JAGDISH SHARMA Labour Group Leader.
Incidentally, the perceived lack of coverage of the Keens and their ACA claiming in the Hounslow Borough Chronicle newspaper, may be due, we suspect, to this organ being owned by the Labour supporting Trinity Mirror Group!
More on the Keens here .
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As an aside many London members are puzzled by Labour MP John “Two Homes” Cruddas – who is perceived these days not to be as vocal as he formerly was in campaigning against the BNP. Some suggest that this may be due to justified media interest in the one hundred thousand pounds plus claimed in Parliamentary ACA by this socialist in respect of his second (or is it third?) London home! This being, some believe, an unpalatable fact that probably would not go down too well amongst working class voters in his Dagenham constituency – where housing provision and rents are a real issue! In addition, many Dagenham voters would be interested to know why their MP’s kids are educated “out-of-borough” and do not, we understand, attend the same Labour provided schools as other Dagenham pupils!
Labour – a “Party of the People” – we think not!
