Posties unhappy as MP snubs campaign

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Postal union leaders today accused Wolverhampton MP Pat McFadden of putting his ministerial duties before his constituents by refusing to back a campaign to keep a Royal Mail delivery office open.

At a constituency surgery at Lunt Community Centre, Mr McFadden advised postal workers that he could not be involved in their campaign to help save the Hall Street delivery office, in Bilston, as it would not be “fair” on other areas where offices might be earmarked for closure.

Gary Perry, branch secretary of the Wolverhampton Communications Workers Union, said it was “incredible” that Mr McFadden, the minister responsible for postal services, would not stand by his constituents in Wolverhampton South-East.

“This will put Bilston in a worse position because you can bet your life that local MPs in other constituencies will campaign against office closures.

“The people of Bilston want their voices heard and their views listened to. They value their postal services and the workers who serve their communities and it is time their local MP represented them.”

Speaking today, Mr McFadden said he was committed to supporting a £1.2 billion overhaul of Royal Mail, funded by a Government loan, which will streamline postal services nationwide.

“It’s important that MPs are straight with their constituents and don’t say they support change at a national level, but then say something different in their own constituency.

“I appreciate people’s concerns about this and have asked Royal Mail about the future of the Bilston delivery office. They told me no decision has been taken,” Mr McFadden added.

More than 1,180 people have now pledged their support for the campaign to save the Bilston office by joining a Facebook group.

A petition set up on the Prime Minister’s website, 10 Downing Street, had 173 names on it by early today.

Staff say the closure would see workers have to travel four miles to Tipton to sort the mail.

[DirtyHarry]

Pat McFadden, is a w****r, is a w****r, Pat McFadden is a w****r, is a w****r. (To the tune of an old terrace chant)

They really don't want our votes, do they?

[norfolk n chance]

Too right he don't

we sent some friends and family to his surgery last Saturday morning [ he held it at 9.30am ! ]
to ask him for his support.

he told them he was not going to support us and that he could not be seen to be taking sides

He has a safe seat in Bilston...... however if we have anything to do with it we will kick the legs off his chair

[k979aaa]

Cow pat McFadden does not wish to take sides no not sides BACKHANDERS yes from TNT UK-MAIL DHL!.

[saga]

Pat Mcfadden was shipped into a safe labour seat in Bilston. He probably had never heard of or seen the town before this! Our last MP was local born and bred
and was one of us Bilston folk. He would have done all he could to save the Bilston delivery office. It's a disgrace that the person we elected to represent our views now refuses to do the job he is paid to do for his constituents. Methinks he has grander plans than Bilston in his sights in the future.Others before me have expressed quite well what most people think of him on this matter but for me, a life-long Labour voter, he will not get my vote again!

[fishtank]

Cow pat McFadden does not wish to take sides no not sides BACKHANDERS yes from TNT UK-MAIL DHL!.

Simon Hoggart The Gaurdian
"The business minister, Pat McFadden - Mandelson's understrapper in the Commons - was welcomed by Tory Edward Leigh to "the Thatcherite wing of New Labour"".


Understrapper; A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.


Otherwise Mandleson's lap dog.

[Big Daz]

Vote the fooker out!!!!!

[saga]

Understrapper; A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.


Otherwise Mandleson's lap dog.

Fishtank --you must have met him too! :

[DirtyHarry]

Too right he don't

we sent some friends and family to his surgery last Saturday morning [ he held it at 9.30am ! ]
to ask him for his support.

he told them he was not going to support us and that he could not be seen to be taking sides

He has a safe seat in Bilston...... however if we have anything to do with it we will kick the legs off his chair

I send my best wishes for success in your venture, norfolk.
Corrupt, incompetent, idiots, like McFadden, need to be thrown off the Westminster gravy train. The whole place reeks of corruption, and mark my words, like countless third-world tinpot dictators, we will see the day come when that shower of shyte in Westminster will be syphoning off public money into Swiss bank accounts/offshore accounts.
Despite all their Weasel words, you can still see that they have no basic sense of what's right, and what's wrong.

[AnotherLimey]

He has good taste in furniture though

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... iture.html

[norbert]

He has good taste in furniture though

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... iture.html

They didn't come from B&M Bargains , reasonably tasteful yeah - but not taking the p*** ?

[norfolk n chance]

Thanks for that link

I've just added it to our face book campaign http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?v= ... 8353400032

hes not very popular on there at the moment