Hazel Blears has had her car attacked. She came back from a spot of canvassing and found her Citroen Xsara Picasso was minus a windscreen and had all its tyres slashed. She blames it on bored kids. Many of her constituents think differently.
I can just imagine Hazel on the doorstep yesterday. Did it go something like this?
[Hazel] Hello, love. I'm Hazel Blears, your hard working, local Labour MP. Do you have any issues you would like to raise with me?
[Constituent] Well, my husband lost his job six months ago and we are really finding it hard to make ends meet. It's bloody difficult when you are suddenly trying to live with half the money you're used to.
[Hazel] I know exactly how you feel, love. When I was in the cabinet, I was earning £144,000. Now I'm just a backbencher and my pay packet has more than halved to only £65,000. We were fortunate though. We've been lucky with some property deals in the last few years, so at least we can fall back on some of that cash. Anyway, I must move on. Good to talk to you, love. Remember, vote Labour!
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