Photographed with VIPs - The Fat CatsMr Mitchell is my MP. He is among the front bench of the Conservatives. They recently published details of their expenses claims, as part of a drive to increase transparency about parliamentary allowances.
Mr Mitchell's profile has improved somewhat. He took over from Norman Fowler who I met some years ago. You get to meet MPs when you win prizes at school. It is one of those perks as a teenager. I thought Fowler was a rather upper crust man and didn't think much of him as a teenager. When I grew up, nothing changed my view. Andrew Mitchell MP though is supposedly a young dynamic man. Andrew Mitchell has now stopped having his picture taken repeatedly with the blue rinse brigade and actually tends to try and do something constructive for the community. Perhaps he has evolved from his inheritance from Norman Fowler MP. Mr Mitchell and I have never seen eye to eye. I have repeatedly attempted to give him the benefit of the doubt but I don't think it is working. You see Mr Mitchell feels that the deaths in North Staffordshire NHS Trust are unimportant because it was such a long time ago. I recently asked him to assist with a referral to the Health Select Committee on the broader issue of treatment of whistleblowers. In true form, he has not responded. I believe the ideas I send him are probably too advanced, or perhaps so much so that he hasn't got time to apply his mind.
He sent me a letter recently telling me that when MPs act for their constituents, they do not always achieve the outcome that is expected. I responded and told him that it would assist everyone if he tried to do something about the issue in the first place - whether or not it achieved the desired outcome. The important thing is to at least try. Mr Mitchell has not responded since then. I do firmly believe that Ward 87 and its important issues have been neglected because I have an MP that is asleep on this case. Trying to even get him to read documentation is more difficult than getting blood out of a stone. This lack of attention to detail of issues that are not particular popular in the public domain makes Mr Mitchell a little careless at times. He is not unintelligent, he is simply of the view that he doesn't understand the issues I have raised, will probably never understand them so why should he care about them. Afterall, the dead people were not his relatives. I have recently explained to him that after about 8 years of waiting for him to do something, he should ask an MP to take over the important issues of whistleblowing.
It therefore amused me somewhat when the local paper stated " He also spent £1762 on " media intelligence" service to monitor the media and find news stories of interest to MPs. Wow, I thought, the rest of the world uses a little known service called Google Alerts. This is a free service.
Mr Mitchell's correspondence is always extremely amusing :-
1. He refuses to communicate by email thereby showing his lack of concern for the environment
2. He responds by expensive conqueror paper thereby cluttering up the place. This is expensive paper and shows that Mitchell pays little attention to recycling or conservation. "Birmingham now has the most comprehensive recycling programme ever seen and after being recognised as the “Cleanest City” in the UK, we will further invest in our Cleaner, Greener and Safer agenda" Said the local conservatives" West Midlands Conservatives.
3. He signs his letters in fountain pen when biro would do just fine. The signature takes up more space than the actual contents of the letter. Perhaps he likes the sound of his own name, I have no idea.
It is clear, Mr Mitchell hates representing me. He cannot get over the whistleblower image. Ian Perkin tells me that most people find it hard to get over this image. The image of being " difficult". The point about whistleblowers becoming difficult because no one lifts a finger to assist them, often escapes many people. That is probably why they often become self sufficient. Mitchell sneered at my case with the GMC and he has always found the victories irrelevant.
I believe he would prefer that I moved to a different constituency but I shall sit here and wait to see how longer our man who is paid by the tax payer takes to do anything effective in the vital issue of whistle blowing and patient safety. The only plus point about this MP is that he isn't bad looking for a man who is greying. I believe that is about his strongest asset for the camera pose he craves for. I certainly know the over 50s brigade find him deliciously charming.
Andrew is of course doing more important things like saving people abroad while people in his own NHS are dying. I believe David Southall and Andrew have a lot in common. Both looking over the UK lines to assist the masses abroad while their own people are plummeting into recession, poverty and death.
I have two more MPs to talk about on their role in whistleblowing, one is Paul Marsden MP and the other is Mark Fisher MP. One wanted to have an affair in exchange for representation and the other lied about a referral to the Health Commission. He then told the parliamentary watchdog that he had " lost and deleted all documentation". Those tales for another day. I believe it is important that MPs provide a good service given they are paid by the tax payer.
Mr Mitchell's profile has improved somewhat. He took over from Norman Fowler who I met some years ago. You get to meet MPs when you win prizes at school. It is one of those perks as a teenager. I thought Fowler was a rather upper crust man and didn't think much of him as a teenager. When I grew up, nothing changed my view. Andrew Mitchell MP though is supposedly a young dynamic man. Andrew Mitchell has now stopped having his picture taken repeatedly with the blue rinse brigade and actually tends to try and do something constructive for the community. Perhaps he has evolved from his inheritance from Norman Fowler MP. Mr Mitchell and I have never seen eye to eye. I have repeatedly attempted to give him the benefit of the doubt but I don't think it is working. You see Mr Mitchell feels that the deaths in North Staffordshire NHS Trust are unimportant because it was such a long time ago. I recently asked him to assist with a referral to the Health Select Committee on the broader issue of treatment of whistleblowers. In true form, he has not responded. I believe the ideas I send him are probably too advanced, or perhaps so much so that he hasn't got time to apply his mind.
He sent me a letter recently telling me that when MPs act for their constituents, they do not always achieve the outcome that is expected. I responded and told him that it would assist everyone if he tried to do something about the issue in the first place - whether or not it achieved the desired outcome. The important thing is to at least try. Mr Mitchell has not responded since then. I do firmly believe that Ward 87 and its important issues have been neglected because I have an MP that is asleep on this case. Trying to even get him to read documentation is more difficult than getting blood out of a stone. This lack of attention to detail of issues that are not particular popular in the public domain makes Mr Mitchell a little careless at times. He is not unintelligent, he is simply of the view that he doesn't understand the issues I have raised, will probably never understand them so why should he care about them. Afterall, the dead people were not his relatives. I have recently explained to him that after about 8 years of waiting for him to do something, he should ask an MP to take over the important issues of whistleblowing.
It therefore amused me somewhat when the local paper stated " He also spent £1762 on " media intelligence" service to monitor the media and find news stories of interest to MPs. Wow, I thought, the rest of the world uses a little known service called Google Alerts. This is a free service.
Mr Mitchell's correspondence is always extremely amusing :-
1. He refuses to communicate by email thereby showing his lack of concern for the environment
2. He responds by expensive conqueror paper thereby cluttering up the place. This is expensive paper and shows that Mitchell pays little attention to recycling or conservation. "Birmingham now has the most comprehensive recycling programme ever seen and after being recognised as the “Cleanest City” in the UK, we will further invest in our Cleaner, Greener and Safer agenda" Said the local conservatives" West Midlands Conservatives.
3. He signs his letters in fountain pen when biro would do just fine. The signature takes up more space than the actual contents of the letter. Perhaps he likes the sound of his own name, I have no idea.
It is clear, Mr Mitchell hates representing me. He cannot get over the whistleblower image. Ian Perkin tells me that most people find it hard to get over this image. The image of being " difficult". The point about whistleblowers becoming difficult because no one lifts a finger to assist them, often escapes many people. That is probably why they often become self sufficient. Mitchell sneered at my case with the GMC and he has always found the victories irrelevant.
I believe he would prefer that I moved to a different constituency but I shall sit here and wait to see how longer our man who is paid by the tax payer takes to do anything effective in the vital issue of whistle blowing and patient safety. The only plus point about this MP is that he isn't bad looking for a man who is greying. I believe that is about his strongest asset for the camera pose he craves for. I certainly know the over 50s brigade find him deliciously charming.
Andrew is of course doing more important things like saving people abroad while people in his own NHS are dying. I believe David Southall and Andrew have a lot in common. Both looking over the UK lines to assist the masses abroad while their own people are plummeting into recession, poverty and death.
I have two more MPs to talk about on their role in whistleblowing, one is Paul Marsden MP and the other is Mark Fisher MP. One wanted to have an affair in exchange for representation and the other lied about a referral to the Health Commission. He then told the parliamentary watchdog that he had " lost and deleted all documentation". Those tales for another day. I believe it is important that MPs provide a good service given they are paid by the tax payer.
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""Ian Perkin tells me that most people find it hard to get over this image. The image of being difficult. The point about whistleblowers becoming difficult because no one lifts a finger to assist them, often escapes many people""
This is true, not just for whistleblowers. People generally get difficult when they are not understood. Even the most "difficult" people become pussy cats, once someone has taken the trouble to understand their point and if necessary take action on it.
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