2010/10/21/the-cuts-are-reckless-and-regressive/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 2010/10/21/the-cuts-are-reckless-and-regressive/#comment-3141 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:12:39 +0000 ?p=12428#comment-3141 I think that for one who says he should learn some elementary economics, his presentation is extremely good.

]]> 2010/10/21/the-cuts-are-reckless-and-regressive/#comment-3138 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:06:57 +0000 ?p=12428#comment-3138 Mary,
On the disagreeable topic of Conservatives, you might be interested to know about the state of the web site of Sir Robert Atkins MEP. You will recall that when you featured it last November it was being used to promote the career of his wife, Councillor Lady Dulcie Mary Atkins – a dubious use of taxpayer’s money.
The site no longer has the photo of her outside the town hall with her attendants (?) in municipal regalia and her election results have also disappeared.
Lady Dulcie does appear now and again on the web site. Her contact details are shown as his PA/Secretary and in his most recent press release (of some seven months ago) she is pictured addressing a meeting with the photo caption, ‘Dulcie on her feet’.
Regarding the other matter considered earlier – that he charges rent for the office which is in his own home, there is no information.
Despite the half-hearted attempt to ‘face lift’ his web site much of it is still hopelessly out of date.
He is running an online survey about Government plans to introduce ID Cards (the results will probably never be published, it looks as though it is there just to make Tory visitors to the site feel that they are having their say). The survey refers to ‘Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron’!
Even on the homepage there is a link called ‘Atkins to Liaise with the Shadow Cabinet’. He is referring, of course, to the previous Tory Shadow Cabinet.
Do you ever see him around the Euro Parliament? Perhaps you should let him know that his party is no longer the opposition.

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