I thought there was no such thing as bad publicity!!


North East businesses head for Parliament
Business leaders from Hartlepool will be making a visit to the Houses of Parliament today to showcase the area's assets parliamentary decision makers. Representatives from eight companies will spend several days at the Palace of Westminster to promote Hartlepool as a business destination to the country's most influential people.
Hartlepool MP Iain Wright, who has spearheaded the visit, said: "To be frank, people have stereotypical views of the town. They think of Hartlepool United's re-election years, the monkey-hanging legend and more recently the canoeist story.
"Reputation is everything in business and I hope this visit goes some way to challenging those views and showcasing what the town is really like. The regeneration that has gone on, the great opportunities we have here and the real spirit of the town. "Businesses can relocate anywhere in the world these days and I want them to have the confidence to come to Hartlepool."
The visiting party consists of local businesspeople as well as council representatives and local regeneration experts.
Andrea Miles, manager of Hartlepool Enterprise Centre, said: "In Hartlepool we don't blow our own trumpets enough. Other towns do and get all of the plaudits so we wanted to redress the balance. "When this opportunity came up we jumped on it. We have so much to shout about; the Marina, the Tall Ships Race and the many opportunities for businesses that locate here.
"There's a few of the delegates using the opportunity to network whilst we are in London so hopefully it will be a very worthwhile trip."

What a titend that bloke is.

The longer that he spends as our MP the more the town will become synonymous with a dwarfy gobshite yes man creep who likes to crap on the people whose votes he relies upon for his cushy number.

I don't like him.

Really?

I fully concur

He won't be getting my vote next time - I think I'll go Lib-Dem...

Is Jody Dunn standing again?

Do you mean they'll be talking to people love, because if they're going to stand there like fookin' trees it'll be a waste of time won't it??

I fookin' hate that sort of verbal bollocks. Right, who's paying for it??

Is she a lesbian then? She's getting my vote anyway...