rich_jacko

Rude voters 'are copying Paxman'

I probably shouldn't, but I found this sorry tale (of a Tory MP who can't stand the heckling) really quite amusing :o)

"When you knock on doors, I think the public feel it is perfectly okay to be just as rude as Jeremy Paxman is during his interviews."

Yes, when someone disturbs me at home by knocking on my door and trying to sell me something I probably don't want (which is essentially what you're doing), then I feel I've got every right to tell you to shove off.

"And what do they say to us? They say deeply cynical things like 'you are all in it for yourselves', or 'none of you are any good'"

Doesn't that tell you something?

"You try to tell people what their MPs and councillors actually do, which is a lot of hard work, but not only do they have no idea what politicians do, they seem not to care."

Look Mrs, I do a lot of hard work as well. But I wouldn't expect you to give a crap about it, and I certainly wouldn't expect a warm reception if I turned up on your doorstep and started rabbitting on about what I do for a living, so why should you expect any different from me?

I dunno, maybe working in the civil service for so long has made me too cynical about politics...