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Originally Posted by Chris
Sorry, what? How is that in any way relevant?
Brown is a constituency MP, he stood for election in 2010 and has not subsequently resigned. He is a member of the Labour party, a member of Parliament and is being paid to represent the interests of the people of Kirkcaldy, who elected him. He is a politician. Ideology has nothing to do with it.
Unfortunately, he is having rather too much fun running round the world campaigning for his pet causes and getting his foot in the door at the UN, to the point where he seems to have made a Freudian slip. This is why constituents should have a power of recall over their MP. If he doesn't want the job, he shouldn't have stood for it, or he should do the decent thing and step down. Let the voters have a by-election and choose someone who doesn't think they are now above the messy business of dealing with constituency surgeries and late-night Commons votes.
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What he said ^^^
How on Earth can Brown be doing a half decent time job serving his constituents when he's swanning around the world doing other stuff?
I have no problem with him being some sort of grand global education facilitator if that's what makes him feel better and pays the bills - I just hope he's whole lot more successful at it than he was his previous 2 roles and we get him off (albeit partially) the UK taxpayer's payroll ASAP.