As Christmas approaches, we are reminded that not everyone
out there is as fortunate as those of us with houses, cars, well stocked
fridges and freezers, up-to-date white goods, and the full range of consumer
electronics. And yet more folks are less able to get out and about than the
majority: these, too, are among those we are told should be in our thoughts
this festive season.
So it is good to see our elected representatives taking time
out to remind us of those little things that we can do to help those in need,
including MPs like (yes, it’s her
again) Nadine Dorries, who has taken to Twitter with “a plea to buy a homeless person a sandwich and a coffee”. So fair
play to the fragrant Nadine, and perhaps some of her usually less charitable
friends will take note.
Ms Dorries is also showing her appreciation at being invited
along to another of what must be an increasingly tedious succession of
pre-Christmas bashes, the latest being the folks at ConservativeHome, which of
course includes our old friend Tim Montgomerie. And very sound advice from the
Member for Mid Bedfordshire to take the train when you’re out celebrating.
Sadly, though, Ms Dorries’ spreading of seasonal cheer is
not universally given, as the disability
awareness group Able2UK discovered recently. Who they? Well, it’s a source
of free advice for potential employers, it aims to motivate those with
disabilities and to show their able bodied peers just what they are capable of,
and has even organised a disabled awareness concert.
Part of this is, inevitably, fundraising: getting those in
the public eye to give something, maybe an exclusive interview or quote rather
than money. So the Able2UK Twitter feed twelve days ago came up with “RT if you think it would be nice if
@NadineDorriesMP donated £1K out of her £40K payment from I’m A Celebrity to a
disabled charity”, which hardly looks unreasonable.
But the Able2UK people were in for a shock: not only did it
take the Dorries Twitter feed eleven days to respond, but when that response
came, it was simply “There was nothing
like 40k and she has done. If it wasn’t Christmas – I would call you a moron.
Blocked”. Some may be shocked to read that: sadly I am not one of them,
having never had a Twitter discussion with Ms Dorries, yet being blocked
anyway.
Nor, I suspect, will those
who she has smeared as “Stalkers”,
which even
includes Linda Jack, her Lib Dem opponent at the last General Election.
Nadine Dorries has a worrying habit of coming over all sweetness and light to
those she deems worthy, while being thoroughly nasty to others, especially if
they disagree with her views or otherwise criticise her. It is not the kind of
behaviour becoming of an MP.
Something George Young
and his boss might bear in mind during their deliberations.
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