SOD THE RECALL

Who said this then? M Hodge MP for Barking.

As all will be aware MPs were recalled to the House last Thursday to debate the riots that had been ongoing in parts of the country.

It would have been reasonable to expect that the MPs of those areas that had had riots would have been in the House representing their constituency, not so Hodge......on holiday we hear, although so were many other MPs who returned to answer the recall.

Also many would have read the article in the Dagenham Post the day before on Wednesday, where Hodge claims 100s of residents had phoned her saying they were terrified...RUBBISH she was on holiday, so that article was a load of lies as well.

Still residents of the borough should be thankful for the firm stand the Leader of the Council is taking, the very fact that the council set up a facebook page to keep people informed which is we are told still being updated.

Its a great start Mr Leader but now you have to follow through with firm and robust actions. Why should tax payers money go to paying for yobs to have a week away, why should the youth provision be targeted at the yobs in a soft and cosy manner.

And do watch out for the pressure from the self interest groups who only want money, many will have see the like on tv over the past few days.

If they had been doing such a great job in the past why did we have the riots last week? Perhaps this is a question Hodge should have asked in the House last Thursday, our money is on the Leader of the Council asking the question now.