Farage, when does he actually do his MP role??

Farage too busy at the moment grandstanding at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the States critiquing the UK - instead of actually doing something in it.

This would be the one where Musk got out the chainsaw on stage with the appalling misogynist Javier Milei

Claremont

They have gone so so quiet.

So because somebody isn’t posting, you sound as if yiu find it significant that that they “have gone so quiet”.
There is a life outside GN, you know.
There are other commitments and interests, not to mention preoccupations or time pressures.
You can’t prove a negative or extrapolate from the absence of posts on any particular subject.
Me, for instance, I came on this by chance but Nigel Farage? I’m just not interested.

Silverbrooks

The timing of the election didn’t help. New MPs had barely started their jobs when Parliament was in recess. People would have been exhausted after campaigning and needed a holiday. Then they needed to find premises and set up a constituency office, recruit an officer manager and caseworkers who all had to get up to speed and deal with a backlog of work. Once an election is called all work by the sitting MP has to stop including casework so there will have been months or work to catch up on.

But NF (and Zia Yusuf) are constantly telling people that NF works 24/7 eight days week and he’s not exactly a greenhorn in politics so he should be able to find time for his constituents.

As a tiny party, Reform don’t have much if anything to do with the real work of Parliament beyond the wind chamber and division lobbies.

He reminds me of a boxer. Enters the ring to loud music surrounded by his minders and seconds, throws a few punches the leaves the stage, It’s all performative, good for publicity but no substance.

Very well put!

The timing of the election didn’t help. New MPs had barely started their jobs when Parliament was in recess. People would have been exhausted after campaigning and needed a holiday. Then they needed to find premises and set up a constituency office, recruit an officer manager and caseworkers who all had to get up to speed and deal with a backlog of work. Once an election is called all work by the sitting MP has to stop including casework so there will have been months or work to catch up on.

But NF (and Zia Yusuf) are constantly telling people that NF works 24/7 eight days week and he’s not exactly a greenhorn in politics so he should be able to find time for his constituents.

As a tiny party, Reform don’t have much if anything to do with the real work of Parliament beyond the wind chamber and division lobbies.

He reminds me of a boxer. Enters the ring to loud music surrounded by his minders and seconds, throws a few punches the leaves the stage, It’s all performative, good for publicity but no substance.

Our Conservative MP used to do that …

Both our new MP (Labour) AND our outgoing MP send out emails and printed newsletters.

My new MP was an effective, hard working local councillor. I wish I could say the same about him now that he is an MP. To say that he is very tardy in replying to emails is putting it mildly. He has changed , and not for the better. No, I didn’t vote for him in the GE.

Parallel Parliament shows what work MPs are doing in Westminster: Select Committee memberships, APPG memberships. contributions to debates both Departmental and Legislative;; Early Day Motions tabled or supported; Urgent Questions, Written Questions.

If you are in a constituency which elected a new MP last July, it can provide a way to gauge just how much a member is or isn’t engaged with the business of Parliament and which issues they have become involved with. Mine is a new MP and has already made far more contributions to Westminster business than NF has.

It’s also useful, to compare the contributions of other Reform MPs to Farage. Three have been slightly more engaged. McMurdock, obviously very inexperienced, hadn’t done much in Westminster but might be working hard in his constituency.

If NF hasn’t set up a constituency office then I would imagine he has the four Reform councillors on Tendring Council (all elected as Conservatives) doing some of the scut work.

Also Parallel Parliament:

www.parallelparliament.co.uk/glossary/parliamentary-day

... by not sitting on Fridays, MPs often return to their constituencies on Thursday evening and perform local events on the Friday.

Hmm.

My new MP has a monthly newsletter delivered which tells constituents what work they’ve been doing. This is supplemented with almost daily updates on social media. They are clearly working very hard and putting constituents first. They were an experienced local councillor before going to Westminster which must help in what must be a steep learning curve.

Chocolatelovinggran

I repeat, again, my request for evidence to support Mr Farage's work in, and for, his constituency in the several months that he has been collecting his £90K - plus expenses salary for this job?
I understand that he helped SillyNanny's friend.
Any more examples of his good works for the people of Clacton?
My new MP has been everywhere in the constituency, holding surgeries, chairing open meetings, visiting schools, collecting on poppy day, and talking about the needs of the area in Parliamentary debates, and on television.
All of which is what I would hope all MP's do for their constituents.
And - before I'm accused of a partisan view, the very long standing Conservative MP for the next area does an equally good job.
If I want to pay for a rousing speaker, I'll go to see some Shakespeare at the theatre.

As I’ve said before my oldest friend lives in Frinton, part of Farage’s constituency. Our holiday home is also in his constituency, we visit regularly (at least twice a month), we know several people living in his constituency, he is conspicuous by his absence there but very visible on TV, in the US and other countries.

He simply needs to be the MP all his voters can rely on, not the odd one here and there.

Shinamae

Poor Nigel, such vitriol,
(You can get voodoo dolls on Amazon complete with pins 😜)
I’m just off to polish my pitchfork….

😂😂😂😂

I repeat, again, my request for evidence to support Mr Farage's work in, and for, his constituency in the several months that he has been collecting his £90K - plus expenses salary for this job?
I understand that he helped SillyNanny's friend.
Any more examples of his good works for the people of Clacton?
My new MP has been everywhere in the constituency, holding surgeries, chairing open meetings, visiting schools, collecting on poppy day, and talking about the needs of the area in Parliamentary debates, and on television.
All of which is what I would hope all MP's do for their constituents.
And - before I'm accused of a partisan view, the very long standing Conservative MP for the next area does an equally good job.
If I want to pay for a rousing speaker, I'll go to see some Shakespeare at the theatre.

HousePlantQueen

Talking of bullying; there is one poster on here who lives overseas and has, over the past few years, been subjected to dreadful bullying of the "but you don't even live in the Uk" type comments despite said poster explaining that she was British but overseas taking care of parents. It was a nasty and pointed campaign and some of the bullies are no longer on GN. This poster was left of centre, remain supporting in her politics.

In contrast, a more recent poster who lives in Australia and has a down on the democratically elected Labour govt is lauded, by some of the same people who drove the other poster off GN for months at a time.

It is not clever, it is not nice, and the rules of bullying applies to all sides of politics.

Precisely.

nanna8

I can’t stand Starmer. I think he is awful and a bad leader. So ? Not illegal to hold those views. I think Farage is a fantastic speaker and can see why he attracts followers. I wouldn’t vote for him personally, he reminds me of a used car salesman but I can quite see his appeal. Look, I suppose if people have anger inside them and it helps them cope, fine but it isn’t nice. It has deteriorated on here recently, you are right Allira

Goebbels was an inspirational speaker too.

nanna8

Probably the ‘fan club’ can’t be stuffed with all the nasty comments and don’t feel the need to defend themselves. I’m not a fan but really people are entitled to support him if they want and shouldn’t be subject to such judgemental attitudes. In fact it probably makes oppositional types support him more. I’d identify with that one.

People will naturally be judgmental. I doubt if I would have very much in common with anybody who has values which support Farage. Therefore, in real life, I would avoid such people like the plague. I really don't want to spend my free time with people with whom I have nothing in common. I'm quite happy to leave them to mix with people with similar values. If my attitude towards them makes them more "oppositional", I see that as even more reason to have nothing to do with them.

MayBee70

So it’s wrong of me to remember what people post?

It's fine.

It's fine not to agree as well.

In contrast, a more recent poster who lives in Australia and has a down on the democratically elected Labour govt is lauded, by some of the same people who drove the other poster off GN for months at a time.
That in itself comes across as an attack without naming names, does it not?

In fact that poster has been on here a very long time, is entitled to her political views and does not attack other posters.

It is the personal attacks, even obliquely, which are wrong.

I can’t stand Starmer. I think he is awful and a bad leader. So ? Not illegal to hold those views. I think Farage is a fantastic speaker and can see why he attracts followers. I wouldn’t vote for him personally, he reminds me of a used car salesman but I can quite see his appeal. Look, I suppose if people have anger inside them and it helps them cope, fine but it isn’t nice. It has deteriorated on here recently, you are right Allira

Talking of bullying; there is one poster on here who lives overseas and has, over the past few years, been subjected to dreadful bullying of the "but you don't even live in the Uk" type comments despite said poster explaining that she was British but overseas taking care of parents. It was a nasty and pointed campaign and some of the bullies are no longer on GN. This poster was left of centre, remain supporting in her politics.

In contrast, a more recent poster who lives in Australia and has a down on the democratically elected Labour govt is lauded, by some of the same people who drove the other poster off GN for months at a time.

It is not clever, it is not nice, and the rules of bullying applies to all sides of politics.

So it’s wrong of me to remember what people post?

MayBee70

I thought nanna8 had said that she’d listened to Farages speeches and thought they were good. And also thought that we needed a leader more like Trump? Certainly has been very disparaging of Starmer.

That's precisely what I meant.

I thought nanna8 had said that she’d listened to Farages speeches and thought they were good. And also thought that we needed a leader more like Trump? Certainly has been very disparaging of Starmer.

nanna8

Probably the ‘fan club’ can’t be stuffed with all the nasty comments and don’t feel the need to defend themselves. I’m not a fan but really people are entitled to support him if they want and shouldn’t be subject to such judgemental attitudes. In fact it probably makes oppositional types support him more. I’d identify with that one.

Can't stand him myself.

But Judgmental = Gransnet.
So much worse lately. Why?

It really is shocking, the level of personal attacks recently.

Probably the ‘fan club’ can’t be stuffed with all the nasty comments and don’t feel the need to defend themselves. I’m not a fan but really people are entitled to support him if they want and shouldn’t be subject to such judgemental attitudes. In fact it probably makes oppositional types support him more. I’d identify with that one.

Shinamae

Poor Nigel, such vitriol,
(You can get voodoo dolls on Amazon complete with pins 😜)
I’m just off to polish my pitchfork….

Oh hello!

I may not agree with you but I defend your right to say it.

😁

woodenspoon

I can’t see why Liz Truss is in the US all the time. What is she hoping for?

She’s setting up a ‘free speech media network’ apparently in conjunction with American allies. Free speech seems to be Vance’s latest hobby horse, he seems to think we have none in Europe compared to the USA, quite amusing since one news network who spoke out against Trump has been banned from the White House and so has the word ‘felon’.