Telford & Wrekin Council Watch

I set up the Red Dave blog for 2 reasons:

1. David Wright doesn't get involved with his constituents very much 

and you never really hear from him unless it's a photo opportunity or 

an opportunity to tell us all about the wonderful Labour government.

2. It was funny!

I thought it was pretty obvious that it was a spoof - yes, he bangs 

on about being a "Telford lad" and an "Oakengates lad" and he likes 

to talk up the Labour party but not quite as often as on the blog.

Before I set up the blog I did my research to confirm that it wasn't 

illegal. Similar things have been done before - an impressionist even 

pretended to be Tony Blair and tricked an MP into slagging off 

another MP and when the police tried to prosecute him it was thrown 

out because he hadn't broken the law. There are spoof news websites - 

such as the excellent Daily Mash - that make up "quotes" from famous 

people (including politicians) that are really quite offensive but 

nobody has complained to the police as far as I know!

A lot of people commented on the blog believing it was real and said 

that they didn't agree with what was said but they were glad he'd set 

up a blog. His constituents obviously want to talk to him so rather 

than complaining that someone made a joke at his expense why doesn't 

he take the hint and set up a blog for himself?!

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Telford Council Watch