MPs ,councillors claim they are doing what the people whant,ive never been asked dont know anybody who has.?

Question

have you been asked.

Answer 1

You to? Nope, I cannot remember ever being asked either. Pure fantasy on their part...

Answer 2

You've got to keep banging on about what it is you actually want your councillors and MP[s] to do. No one is going to ask you directly, but there are websites, such as the one at Number 10 Downing Street, which give you the lowdown on UK.gov and public thinking on this or that issue.

To be part of the game you have to get involved. I do not mean you have to march about holding a placard or anything, but you have to e-mail your MP and your councillors and your MEP and anyone else who represents you and your constituency.

You can make a start by visiting the following website and finding out exactly what you MP is doing. What he/she voted for in the House of Commons, how much he/she is being paid etc.

http://theyworkforyou.com

Edit: Scouse above has made a very good point. Same sort of crap happens here in Londinium. Answer is to vote for someone or a party which WILL do as the people want.

For example, here in London, when asked, most of us did NOT want the Olympic Games, which we and the rest of UK are going to go on paying for, for decades to come. We know we're gonna be left with a load of white elephants no one wants. In the mean time, lots of people have been forced off their land to make way for Olympic Village etc.

Anyway, Brois Johnson has now entered the race for London Mayor. I mean, is this what London needs? Maybe. What we've actually got is PPP down the Tube which is now bust. No new rolling stock but plenty of pretty tiles which are now dropping off the walls. Great!

Answer 3

Notice a couple of people have said that they are on Sample groups etc. Someone has also pointed out that you can go and make your opinion clear on the government web sites.
Just to relay my own personal experience.
I completed the petition to oppose the so called "idea" of maybe doing road taxing which is the governments great idea for charging people per mile on the road.
Over a million people signed the petition before they closed it ( within days off it being started - many more were trying to sign for days after)
I received a nice load of rubbish email from Tony saying that my opinion was important and it was, of course, only an idea that was being discussed.
6 weeks later they announced trials in Manchester. That was fast work considering it was only an idea they were looking at.
Shame they can't move that quick on stuff that would benefit us all like NHS, Policing and Immigration.

So there you go.. lesson learned.
Give your opinion.
make your feelings known
Be ignored because some mate of the government is going to make a lot of money

Answer 4

Yes! My MP sends out a report to every household twice a year that includes a Freepost reply slip asking to rank issues in order of importance. He also distributed a leaflet asking people whether they approved or disapproved of ID cards.

My local Labour councillor sent out a leaflet asking about where in my area there was anti-social behaviour, including misuse of fireworks. Sadly the two so-called Independent councillors in my Ward have never asked my opinion.

Answer 5

MPs and councillors are voted for by their ward or constituency based on their manifesto (set of aims, objectives and policies). The constituents then have the opportunity and are invited to attend surgeries with their MP or councillors to discuss issues of concern. Where and when these are are obtainable from your council or your MP's webiste.

Get yourself along to your MP's next surgery if you have a burning issue.

Answer 6

Liverpool city Council has in the past sent round questioners but the one thing I can remember is the design of a building to the south of pier head. The result was ignored and the design chosen by those in power was impracticable. It must say something but i don't know quite what.
Councils are people who are elected by us but most of them are on the council because they are on the council any many of them can not run their own lives properly so how they have the nerve to try and run mine beggars belief

Answer 7

They ask via those annouying survey thingys that happen right when your having dinner or going out in a hurry. They do ask randomly but I've been asked about 5 times now, took ages for the first time to have them ask. So if you don't do those phone surveys it's your own fault!!!

And democracy is not yet dead, just sick, only you can keep it alive. Stop being so apathetic and pathetic :D

Answer 8

No m.p. councillor civil servant does what the public wants .He is there for the money self agrandisement and the party line .If they listened to the public we would hang paedophiles terrorists rapists and cop killers but we the public are deemed to stupid and intellectually inferior to be allowed to make that kind of decision.The only time an m.p. votes his conscience is when he votes for a pay rise .Think about it name one m.p. you would be happy to go for a pint with and be safe in the knowledge he would stand his round .We elect the socially inadequate who upon taking the oath suddenly become our social superiors so they think ,every one of them forgets they work for us not the other way around .If you dont believe me write to that paragon of nonentity Ian Davidson m.p.if he was chocolate he would lick himself to death ,he thinks to much of himself to eat quickly.He might condescend to reply but Idoubt it ,HE thinks we are all uneducated servile oiks not bad for a pseudo socialist.

Answer 9

infact they believe that people voted them in because they have the same policies of their region exept they did not have a choice over who to vote
the big question is.....................
have you ever seen an MP, or a councillor come and visit theyr area unless its election day???

Answer 10

Yes. I'm on my local Council's Citizen Panel which is regularly polled for a snapshot of local public opinion on local issues. See if your local council has one and how you get on it.