Originally Posted by niknak
As your MP will tell you....
Depending on his majority and the nature of his constituency, he might also tell you things like:
"Look, I appreciate you've got a real issue there, but you have to see it from my point of view. How's it going to appear to my destitute grannies in their mildewed council flats when the local paper runs a story about how I'm spending my time championing fee reductions for rich people with hobbies that are expensive way beyond their wildest dreams?"