Dear Mr Pursglove
You are definitely not the worst MP I’ve ever had – not by a long way. After all, there was Louise Mensch.
And I do appreciate the speed and the care with which you have responded to my letters to you. You get high marks there.
The trouble is, you are a Tory so it’s unlikely that I will vote for you as I have never voted Tory in my life. Not only are you a Tory, but you are a pro-Brexit Tory who seems to me to be a climate change denier to boot.
Maybe, just maybe, a strong Conservative manifesto on environmental issues could have put some doubt in my mind but, to be frank, your current party manifesto is the worst manifesto on environmental issues I have ever seen (apart from UKIP’s 2015 offering). Across the country, potential Conservative voters will be put off by the shallowness and lack of ideas of this manifesto – it’s a remarkable decline over the last couple of decades. Your party has completely lost the plot on wildlife and the environment.
Your manifesto says that your party might remove existing environmental protection and is opaque on how the Conservative party would refigure CAP payments to farmers post-Brexit. Brexit means Brexit – but what will it mean in practice? You’re not telling us.
And I can’t be won over by your election literature because I haven’t had any. And as I have delivered hundreds of leaflets for your only opponent with a realistic chance of beating you, Beth Miller, I haven’t found anyone who has received any leaflets setting out the Conservative party’s views. Is this because:
- you are conceding defeat already? – I’m guessing not
- you are taking the voters for granted?
- you spent too much money in 2015 and are attempting to even things up – were you one of 20 Conservative MPs questioned over election expenses?
- or what?
If you are going to knock on my door then I’ll be very happy to have a quick chat with you – I’ll give you a cup of tea if you’d like one – but, quite honestly, it’s probably more worthwhile for you to move on to another door to see if you can gain a vote.
I might be writing to you after 8 June, it wouldn’t surprise me too much, but I’m hoping for a Labour surge which will put an end to our correspondence.
best wishes
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Mark you should keep him talking for as long as possible, that way he is not persuading some wavering voter to vote bloody Tory!
Brilliant letter, spot on, and that goes for so many Tory MPs.
Seems like the leaflets were delivered today – mine had my name and address so I guess their rich donors mean they can use royal mail. Unlike the labour campaign which relies on people like you and me going out leafleting as volunteers.
Katherine – yes I got one through the post today too. Lots of photos of Mr Pursglove with TM the PM – big mistake! She has proven to be a liability rather than an asset to Tory candidates. Met several people the other day who were impressed with Corbyn v Paxman and horrified by May’s performance. Fingers crossed!