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Originally Posted by Damien
Why? They aren't governors or mayors of their constituencies, they are the representative of that constituency in Parliament. They should spend more time in London and go back once or twice a week to consult with their constituents. The rest of the time they should be appearing in Parliament and debate and vote in the best interest of those constituents, theoretically anyway.
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Maybe so in theory. But have you ever been to parliament? Apart from big issues it is almost empty most of the time. Most of the debates are for relatively minor issues, and only those with a direct interest (or direct interest to their constituents) will usually turn up. So their time is often better spent in their own constituency.
This of course is different at minister level, where they are based in London for their ministerial duties. In these cases it's often their constituents who lose out.
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Originally Posted by Taf
I thought politicians spent most of their time mass debating?
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Now that's another issue completely
