I've just received a call from London to advise me that parliament has now been dissolved and no candidate can under any circumstances be referred to as an MP. Hence Gordon Brown MP is now just Gordon Brown. But one MP next to me (Martina Purdy) points out that one of our local candidates may still be spoken about in that way. Guess who?
UPDATE: Congratulations Axeman, Mrs Grey and Man of Pie. The answer was Sir Reg, who may or may not become an MP but will always be an Empey.
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Okay, Mark, I'll take an educated guess.
The Speaker - as the chief officer and highest authority of the House of Commons:
John Bercow, MP for Buckingham,
can still be called MP.
Where are you posting the answer?
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Paisley i presume?
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Mark
While he technically is not local, it has to be Shaun Woodward as he is a member of the British cabinet???
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Mark
On the 'They (apparently) work for you' website, the list of MPs is clear, so it can't be any of them???
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Mark,
So finally they have all gone.
Thank God for that!
Hopefully the next collection of wannabes will be better than the last crowd we had to listen to.
I trust no-one in the next lot will be expecting the tax-payer to provide a house for their ducks!
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Would it perchance be Reg MP, sorry Reg Empey?
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Of course its the sheriff Wee Jeffery.
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Mince Pies?
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MP - Empey?
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Axeman, he's Reg Empie if he's anything.
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Alasdair McDonnell MP - Medical Practitioner?
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Mark
Martin McGuinness; Master Politician!!!
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Can I just be completely honest?
I never feel like I'm actually being informed of anything important when I listen to Martina Purdy's reporting. That type of "MP can apply to something else" trivia is the type of thing I've come to expect, i.e. of little significance. Well, that's just how I feel. I find that kind of exercise almost as frustrating as listening to Hugo Duncan doing his kissing sound after posing a brainteaser (liberal use of that term there) that he almost certainly didn't get second hand from the internet.
Love, Me.
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