The IW has some very real problems: a low wage economy held back by the extortionate ferry fares; a poor education system; a crisis in care for the elderly and the critical likelihood that the Islandline train service will be shut due to a recent decision by the Conservative minister. So when the local Tory MP gets a chance to raise an issue in one of the most widely watched PMQ in recent years you hope that he will use it to address a significant concern of his constituents. No he decides to ask about a tiger and gives DC a chance waffle away.
The island needs real help at the moment and Andrew Turner decided a tiger that was lonely was the issue to raise. This is not even an issue for the local newspaper. They are leading on the likelihood of the train line closing and the lack of action by the MP. What about the thousands on lonely, elderly people on the island who are being left without care? The children who are stuck in failing schools and an infrastructure that is inadequate for the 21st century?
Or he could have spoken about the refugee crisis, the economy, the risk from terrorist etc etc.
AIBU to feel he let the IW down by his question and almost perpetuated it's image as a quirky, backward place?
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To feel the Isle of Wight MP let down his constituents yesterday during PMQ
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Dexterwasright · 17/09/2015 10:21
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