Keith wrote:I was never a Smith fan either! She deliberately blocked the bypass being built, because she was thick as mince.
I was aghast when she was all over the TV the day of the Chinese Cockle picking tragedy! I'd written to her three times in the months leading up to it (as well as writing to local councillors etc) to make them aware of what was happening in the Bay, but just got meaningless letters back from her with lots of words but no substance and no action. Then on the TV she was blaming everyone else and making out she didn't know what was happening out there! Waste of space.
Trouble is, people liked her because she'd occasionally be sat in the Asda entrance talking to random people, probably about irrelevances and other nonsense, yet failed miserably to deal with the big issues such as the cockle pickers and the by pass.
And yes, the 13 years she was our MP were probably the worst years for the loss of amenities and downfall of Morecambe!
Funny how she was so keen and committed about Morecambe during her 13 years as MP and probably a decade or so beforehand as a councillor, but once she wasn't an MP anymore, she's not been seen nor heard of for dust! Probably busy spending her gold plated MP's pension/severance pay!