Andrew Mitchell MP. Making Himself Useful

Meanwhile at the Boys Common Room

I have always considered Andrew Mitchell MP to be somehow ineffective. Andrew Mitchell has always been of the view that the issues concerning Ward 87 are largely irrelevant. When asked to raise the matter in Parliament, he refused. Andrew Mitchell MP is probably the reason why Ward 87 never quite saw the light of day. A product of Conservative and Labour neglect. Their crowings of how the Conservatives plan to assist whistleblowers were simply words. Mitchell has never acted on it. I should give him credit in that he does write lip service letters. Letters that mean nothing and continue to provide the image that he is actually doing something in his life.

It is acutely true that Andrew Mitchell likes to represent his constituents but he cherry picks the ones that provide him with the most publicity. Mitchell likes to put on a show. So far, he has remained relatively unscathed by the MP expenses revelations. This was Mitchell squirming around at the media after being caught with his large nose in the trough. So while he was not representing the interests of Ward 87, this is what the midlands newspaper said.

"Other claims highlighted by the newspaper included £9,000 in cleaning and garden maintenance bills claimed at the constituency home over four years, and £12,000 for “repair and renewals” including a new boiler, wallpaper and redecoration"

The Telegraph further quoted

"Andrew Mitchell, the shadow international development secretary, billed the taxpayer for £18,800 for “research and secretarial services” between April 2006 and July 2008"

In 2004, he claimed a grand total of £125,641 in expenses. Wow.

Anyway, Mitchell has made himself useful with AVMA to review how much publicity he can get. I find Andrew Mitchell to be largely unintelligent, fails to read his documentation in detail, matters have to be repeated to him on many occasions and he does of course purposefully. In the last decade, he has never sat down and actually read the reports on Ward 87.

So for all the troughing away, do we get our money's worth from our MPs. I think not. Andrew Mitchell certainly failed those on Ward 87. I have repeatedly asked whether I can drop him as my MP. Apparently, no one else can represent me. Anyhow, three weeks ago, I wrote to Mitchell telling him that I had no intention of approaching him again. My reason was that I considered the constant chase ups and his inability to read to be a waste of my time.