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Parliament's hardest working MP Bob Spink is calling for Parliament’s usual Christmas recess to be scrapped this year, so MPs can get to grips with the economic downturn.
Castle Point UKIP MP Dr Spink thinks the three-and-a-half week break is too long and says he will be working right through the festive holiday.
Dr Spink explained: “We live in extraordinary times and our constituents are upset when they are struggling to get two or three days off, we are taking a three-and-a-half week break.
“I understand MPs need time with their families like everyone else, but an e-mail went around last week, asking MPs if they wanted to go on a skiing holiday after New Year. I mean this isn’t the real world.”
The Spink told how he will be working right up to Christmas Eve and already had a busy diary between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve.
Dr Spink told us what he'd done over previous Christmas breaks, he said he had worked just as hard.
He added: “I took a week off last year and only a couple of days the year before.
“In tough economic times when people are losing their jobs, Government must be held to account.”
Josh O'Nyons is a former UKIP member.
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1 comments:
If Bob was being completely honest he'll tell you that although parliament may be recessed, the government doesn't. Ministers continue to work, MP's continue to do constituency work.
If he thinks parliament should continue to sit to debate and pass laws, that's one thing, but to suggest that they are all sitting on their asses for 3 weeks is contemptable.
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