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   Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:25:53 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

   • Mrs Cloudy
   • Wen
   • Soren Mogensen

   @Theriac @CloudyMrs @Wen @soren

   A counter counter question. Are you suggesting only local people can understand & empathise with local issues? Isn't that why you elect Local Councillors?

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     Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:25:51 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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     @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     Agreed. However I don't see why not being locally born should stop that MP from effectively representing his constituency. You're either a good representative or not.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:25:51 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Wen @Theriac @soren I really don't understand how you jumped to "locally born". That's just a ridiculous suggestion and not remotely relevant to this discussion.

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:25:53 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren MPs are meant to represent their constituents as well.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:29:01 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Wen @Theriac @soren Do you not think its a bit insulting to those local branches to choose a candidate from 800 miles away over one of them. Would that be usual?

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     Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:29:02 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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     @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     Maybe on local history, but on local issues there are CLP's & Ward branches to fall back on for support.

     MPs are there to represent local interests, not impose the interests of Chipping Norton on Dundee South. At the end of the day, it's a job, not a vocation.

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:29:03 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     You need to know something about the constituency and the country first.

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     Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:29:03 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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     @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     Use Google & speak to the locals about their issues & what matters most to them. It's quite straightforward to do. It's why you have a national network of CLP's & Ward branches. 🤷🏾♂️

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:29:03 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren 6 weeks of cramming coming up?

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     Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:31:10 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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     @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     So are you saying a #Scottish MSP shouldn't be allowed to switch to an #English constituency?

     Isn't this like saying a person shouldn't be allowed to move cities for a new job they're qualified to do? What's the difference? 🤔

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:31:10 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Wen @Theriac @soren Which English constituency do you imagine would be available to an MSP? They're members of the Scottish Parliament. There are no English constituencies.

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:31:11 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren No I have not. I have confirmed that I can understand how a Scottish based MSP can know his constituency and represent his constituents regardless of place of birth. For goodness sake, one of the Labour candidates was standing for an English constituency not very long ago!

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:31:12 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     Anyway it is *not* about being locally born - as Holyrood has demonstrated. A former ’Scottish’ Labour leader, Richard Leonard was born in Yorkshire. I might disagree with his politics, even if he was to the left of the current HQ, but I never questioned his interest and knowledge of his constituency.

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     Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:31:12 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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     @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     You've answered your own query then...

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 23:48:06 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @Wen @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @soren and the constituency also need to know something about the candidate. You'd think so anyway.