Blog - Richard Corbett MEP

UK Labour MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (visit his website at www.richardcorbett.org.uk)

Thursday, March 02, 2006

A political party is only as good as its future, and with this in mind I was interested to see the writings of cameronleadership.co.uk, a website created by four young Conservatives to monitor the progress of David Cameron.

I noticed an entry on UKIP, and how they can be a "bunch of nutjobs". Fair enough I thought. That is until the following sentence read "but have also done some good work in Brussels".

Needless to say, the writer doesn't go on to explain what this "good work" is. While their absenteesism certainly makes the European Parliament a more pleasant place to be, ignoring the needs and rights of their constituents doesn't amount to "good work" in my view.

If this is the view of the Conservative's next generation, then the EPP will be glad to see the back of them.

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