IN late December last year, I sent an email to my MP.
The UK Government had announced it would be making the Conservative Party’s ban on puberty blockers for trans youth a permanent fixture of Labour’s “changed” Britain and I had hoped to discuss it with my elected representative.
I suspected the entire thing would be an exercise in frustration but I was at least curious to know just how much of a waste of time it would be. And in that sense, Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee did not disappoint.
McKee represents an area of Scotland with one of the largest queer and trans demographics in the nation. As the MP for that area, I hoped McKee would be willing to engage with the worries my community had with his party.
Beyond an automated response confirming that my email had been received, my first message went unanswered.
I followed up a month later. Then again another month after that. And once more in March.
But then, a sign from on high! Lo, a leaflet came through my letterbox from the man himself. McKee, it seemed, held regular surgeries. And although there was no actual information on when or where they were going to be held, here was an option to speak to him.
So I asked to meet my MP to discuss the matter in person, and a few days later I had my first response. I was offered a chance to speak for 15 minutes with two caseworkers over Teams. OK.
This experience very much reflects my own with my local Labour MP – a workshy bastard who mucks you about (if he ever gets back to you at all), backs out of agreed meetings to send a boilerplate email clearly written by a staffer to be as avoidant and party-line as possible, impossible to get a face to face meeting unless you bump into him making a 5 minute photoshoot at a community event.
Skill issue, buy Sir Briefcase a mid-priced suit and he’d literally give you the keys to Nunber 10 lmfao
Scottish Labour are nothing more than feckless administrators who would have no clue what to do if, heaven forbid, Anas ‘Poverty Wages’ Sarwar becomes FM. Thank God they’ve not been let anywhere near our government or public services because I can tell you for free, public services will be the first on the chopping block if his boss Kier is any indication of where labours priorities are.
Wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them. Career politicians and lord careerists. No care for Scotland.
Its a cute headline but I don’t think this is unreasonable.
They can’t meet every constituent with the time they have, they can’t even meet most. The best anybody can do is prioritize. Obviously everyone thinks their issue is the most important issue though.
This person actually got their meeting, the fact it took a while and was inconvenient to them is kind of slightly unfortunate.
The MP probably thought, nothing useful for anybody could possibly come from this, so it’s best I do other things.
Imagine if they took meetings from every single person with an opinion on trans, they’d never get any “work” done.
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IN late December last year, I sent an email to my MP.
The UK Government had announced it would be making the Conservative Party’s ban on puberty blockers for trans youth a permanent fixture of Labour’s “changed” Britain and I had hoped to discuss it with my elected representative.
I suspected the entire thing would be an exercise in frustration but I was at least curious to know just how much of a waste of time it would be. And in that sense, Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee did not disappoint.
McKee represents an area of Scotland with one of the largest queer and trans demographics in the nation. As the MP for that area, I hoped McKee would be willing to engage with the worries my community had with his party.
Beyond an automated response confirming that my email had been received, my first message went unanswered.
I followed up a month later. Then again another month after that. And once more in March.
But then, a sign from on high! Lo, a leaflet came through my letterbox from the man himself. McKee, it seemed, held regular surgeries. And although there was no actual information on when or where they were going to be held, here was an option to speak to him.
So I asked to meet my MP to discuss the matter in person, and a few days later I had my first response. I was offered a chance to speak for 15 minutes with two caseworkers over Teams. OK.
This experience very much reflects my own with my local Labour MP – a workshy bastard who mucks you about (if he ever gets back to you at all), backs out of agreed meetings to send a boilerplate email clearly written by a staffer to be as avoidant and party-line as possible, impossible to get a face to face meeting unless you bump into him making a 5 minute photoshoot at a community event.
Skill issue, buy Sir Briefcase a mid-priced suit and he’d literally give you the keys to Nunber 10 lmfao
Scottish Labour are nothing more than feckless administrators who would have no clue what to do if, heaven forbid, Anas ‘Poverty Wages’ Sarwar becomes FM. Thank God they’ve not been let anywhere near our government or public services because I can tell you for free, public services will be the first on the chopping block if his boss Kier is any indication of where labours priorities are.
Wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them. Career politicians and lord careerists. No care for Scotland.
Its a cute headline but I don’t think this is unreasonable.
They can’t meet every constituent with the time they have, they can’t even meet most. The best anybody can do is prioritize. Obviously everyone thinks their issue is the most important issue though.
This person actually got their meeting, the fact it took a while and was inconvenient to them is kind of slightly unfortunate.
The MP probably thought, nothing useful for anybody could possibly come from this, so it’s best I do other things.
Imagine if they took meetings from every single person with an opinion on trans, they’d never get any “work” done.
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