The excellent blogger Mudhook draws my attention to how busy the St Ives Lib Dem MP Andrew George has been when it comes to signing Early Day Motions in the House of Commons.
Andrew has signed 87 EDMs since the general election - the other five Cornish MPs none. EDMs are the Parliamentary equivalent of graffiti; the government ignores them but they do tell us something about what's going on inside an MP's head.
Andrew's enthusiasm for signing up to Leftish causes, such as extending minimum wage protection, increasing public spending on disability issues, and the pursuit of "policies to eradicate poverty and promote equality," seems somewhat at odds with the government's declared priority - to slash the deficit.
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