Re: Hmm @Doogs
> ... but thoroughly uninterested in aiding his constituents
Not sure about our current MP yet, he came in during the 2010 elections when the previous one retired. But before then, we had a "safe (Labour) seat" career politician, in the cabinet, and as far as I could tell, no interest in local politics or constituents (unless it was something in favour of official policies of course).
Whenever I wrote to him, I would seldom get other than a boilerplate regurgitation of Labour policy on the matter. Or a boiler plate regurgitation of Labour policy from whichever department my enquiry got forwarded to.