What shall I ask him?

Thank you annodomino.
I would like to address your question about grandparents rights to all MPs Many of them are so unaware of the issues of shared parenting and of grandchildren denied contact.

Mishap, if you look on www.theyworkforyou.com you can find out what he rebelled against the government on. Then you can ask him why.

I like the what are you proud of and what do you regret questions. Would be interested to know if he's capable of admitting that anything was wrong.

That is the problem - he is a brilliant local MP. Villages do not come much smaller than ours, believe me, but he is out here at the pub, as he understands and cares about rural communities - if only he were not a Tory!

Our local MP is so far up his own backside he wouldn't have the foggiest idea our village exists, too far off the beaten track and definitely not en route to Westminster from his country house.
Fat chance of him losing his seat, sadly, he's been around far too long and a Conservative safe seat.

We have had personal letters through the post today from The Rt Hon DC in very posh envelopes and good quality paper asking for our vote. What on earth is that costing all over the country. I truly thought it was an invitation to something and was really disappointed. I do not expect a knock at my door from any candidates so am saved from having to think of a question.

It would be good if all of us who have the opportunity ask the candidates their opinion on grandparents' rights and if they would be prepared to table a private members' bill on the subject.

If I get the chance, I'll ask him what he thinks he has to fear from proportional representation.

I recall our MP sidestepping questions about his very high expenses on HIGNFY with his usual smirk. I don't think he has been seen outside of Westminster in a very long time.

Seriously, mishap, I'd ask which of the things that have happened during the last five years he is most, and least, pround!

What is his definition of a hard working family and how will they discriminate against those who work but are not hard working. All of us have worked with colleagues who spent most of their time skiving off work or passing it on to other people.

Does he think the party line will have any effect, good or bad, on your own area? I remember an MP whipping out a plan of local roads for me in Kent, when the roads were starting to get busy in the 80s. He showed me a whole mass of red lines, all roads predicted to be problems over the next ten years, many going through tiny villages, and told me he was asking how they intended to solve it. Various bypasses were built as a result.

I cant think of a single thing.

I suppose I might want to know why or do they all have to follow the party whip[or whatever it is called]. Does he ever vote against anything he is told to do.

And if he reads much or anything of all the things he votes on[apparently things are so wordy and have lots of add ons, that even to MPs, they do not really know what they are voting on and thereby agreeing to].
In other words, I would want to know how he behaves in Westminster, rather than what he does at a local level.

Having written all this, I am beginning to see how things really work.

Our MP is Nicky Morgan and she has been a brilliant constituency MP. Amongst other things, she managed to stop EMT leaving DS1 on the train every blessed time he came home from London.

Course he does Teetime, his office has had the sign repainted to incorporate the 'Sir' so he must remember it's there.

Our MP Is Sir Alan Duncan I think I would ask him if he knows where our town is? !!!!

I might try the opposite question e.g. 'Why aren't you a) a socialist b) a social democrat c) a green d) UKIP etc etc