A Quote by Vijayashanti

As an MP, I could hardly meet my constituents' genuine needs as the funds at an MP's disposal are meagre.

Vijayashanti

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Constituents Could Disposal Funds Genuine Hardly Meet Needs

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Vijayashanti
Indian - Actress

Bangalore needs a honest, passionate and hard-working MP, and I will be that MP.

Nandan Nilekani

I wish more people knew that the only one of the three main parties where not a single MP flipped from one property to the next, and not a single MP avoided capital-gains tax, where every single London MP did not claim a penny of second-home allowance, was the Liberal Democrats.

Nick Clegg

If you've got no base, it's very difficult to function as an MP. You cannot be a 'virtual' MP, you must be a proper one.

Tan Cheng Bock

An MP is an MP whether male or female.

Ann Widdecombe

I do love the idea of being able to take an MP to court for lying. There are ways and means of taking an MP to court just now, but it is very difficult.

Mark Thomas

I need to maintain a home in Derbyshire and in London to be able both to represent my constituents and to fulfil my responsibilities as an MP and as a minister.

Geoff Hoon

Professionally I would say taking up my constituents' problems is something I continue to enjoy after 22 years as an MP.

Charles Kennedy

I ultimately joined the Labour Party and became an MP because the country and my constituents deserve a Labour government.

Luciana Berger

Being an MP is not a desperately hard life, like going down the pit or working in the steelworks - with which I am all too familiar, having been brought up in the city of Sheffield; and it certainly isn't badly paid compared with any of my constituents.

David Blunkett

My five years' experience working in small businesses and a multi-national company have helped me as an MP to understand the challenges that businesses face, however the bottom line is that it's up to constituents to judge whether you are good enough to do the job.

Jo Swinson

I think that I was the first MP to call for the nationalisation of Northern Rock, although that is hardly surprising because I have been calling for the nationalisation of the financial sector for 30 years or more.

John McDonnell

Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?