I have had a detailed answer back from the local MP with regard to the question I sent a few days ago comparing the Elgin marbles with MPs (and still no reply from the prospective Labour candidate). However, while I can grant that some respect, it entirely fails to grapple with the question of why it is okay for the Government to seek to change the law regarding migrants but not about blocks of marble.

Could it be, perhaps, that lots of people have written to her about the migrant issue and I’m mainly getting a standard response? I hope so because at least that demonstrates there might be a level of compassion from my fellow denizens of this ‘town of refuge’.

Meanwhile, it remains unlikely that I’ll ever find myself moved to vote Conservative but I will be considering whether my voting tactic will be to vote Labour (the most likely to unseat the Conservatives but still facing an uphill battle) or to go for a more minority party to express my discontent with the present incumbents and perhaps give a bit more hope to one of the further off challengers.