Paul Flynn our local MP, who pleaded guilty to libel the other year was sent this:
Dear Member of Parliament,
I am writing to ask for your wholehearted support to reform the National Health Service by signing a petition that asks MP’s and policy-makers to exclusively use the NHS, without opt out, in their own medical treatment.
OurPetition believes the battle for NHS reform cannot be won without achieving buy-in from the one million people who work for the NHS.
Our prescription for healthcare reform starts with obtaining demonstrable commitment from those at the top for change. We are asking, by way of our petition, that:
‘elected representatives of all UK political parties and their immediate families voluntarily refrain from self-paid or insurance-paid medical care treatment.’
If politicians and their families were to commit to using the NHS without opt out, then those who work within the NHS might gain a measure of confidence that their own day to day efforts to build a better health service were being recognised as being useful and worthwhile.
Your demonstrable commitment will help to place healthcare reform squarely on the political agenda, so that citizens can vote for a political party and leadership in the next general election genuinely committed to reform.
You may sign the petition by visiting www.ourpetition.org. When you do, we will assign a ‘full heart’ against your name in the political league tables published on our website.
Your support to reform the NHS in this manner would be deeply appreciated.
Sincerely,
Richard Solomon
Campaign Organiser
His reply:
Neither I nor my family have ever used any health service other than the NHS. I see no reason for doing so in future. I am reluctant to sign your petition because I do not know who you are or what is your agenda.
Paul Flynn, MP
Labour, Newport West
** Well just take a look at that glib dismissal where he says that he does not know who you are or what is your agenda, well thats easy to work out Paul, have a look at the site. Its not rocket science even for a minor back bench MP who likes to gloat about being one of the "on-line" MP's in the house. A shame as yes we know that you are more concerned with pet issues than the infringement of our liberties - having voted for ID cards when the Blairites clicked their fingers - but I would have thought that a bit of commitment to the NHS would be the least a minor back bench MP could do. Although then again maybe after shooting off your mouth the other year as well as your foot and having to stump up over £30K in a libel payment you need to be a tad carefull.
I must also add here that having checked out Flynns site the libel appology has vanished, guess it must be the old HTML gremlims gobbled it up! fthis was where the apology from the bearded one was, and now we have a blank screen Still never mind as I took the liberty of copying it to this blog some time ago, and here it is:
On this website in February this year, I made certain statements referring to Endowment Justice Limited, one of the companies which offers assistance in obtaining compensation for those people who were mis-sold endowment policies. I have been campaigning against companies providing professional services in relation to endowment policy compensation claims, but my facts about Endowment Justice were incorrect. As a result, I wrongly accused the company and its directors Nick Keca, Marianne Fitzjohn and Graeme Webber of having previously mis-sold endowment policies and now dishonestly overcharging those self-same victims to help them obtain compensation. I am happy to clarify that neither Endowment Justice Ltd or any of its directors were ever involved in any aspect of endowment policy selling. It was therefore false and unfair to suggest that they had profited from the historic mis-selling of endowment policies. I was also incorrect in stating that Endowment Justice, which offers its services in recovering compensation on a “no-win, no-fee” basis, could charge its customers up to 40% of any compensation gained. Endowment Justice in fact charge customers 17.5% plus VAT or 22.5% plus VAT of any compensation gained. I was wrong to give the unintended impression that the company or its directors acts in any way improperly or unlawfully in providing services to those seeking compensation for endowment policy mis-selling. I would like to apologise to Endowment Justice for my allegations, and to Mr. Keca, Ms. Fitzjohn and Mr. Webber for any embarrassment or distress caused by my false remarks.
Some tags:Newport GwentPaul Flynn MP
Libel
media stories about the libel case:
From CSC site
from icnetwork
from independent
from money.guardian
ID cards: id-cards-list-of-mps-who-voted-yes.
Some more light reading on the bearded MP Paul Flynn
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/02/paul-flynn-mp-fucktard.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/01/paul-flynn-libelist-mp-soft-on-drugs.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/01/some-bits-on-jessica-morden-mp.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2005/12/paul-flynn-convicted-of-libel-still.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2005/11/paul-flynn-pays-out-36000.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/01/labour-isnt-working-loudmouth-libelist.html
And for the cynics out there who want an outside source: Paul_Flynn
A list of edms a good source of info on all MP's honest and not so honest:http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMList.aspx
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