The Wardman Wire

I’m on record as wishing more power to the Independents locally, but I’d like to acknowledge Alan Meale, the MP for Mansfield, who rebelled against the Post Office closure act. Good one, Alan.

I blogged this back last June when our Post Offices were being slated for closure here on the Derbyshire side of the boundary, and the option was “save one another one dies”.

Article Series - Post Office Closures

1. Political Implications of Gordon Brown’s Decimation of the Post Offices
2. The Labour Manifestos 1997, 2001, 2005 on Post Offices: What did Gordon Brown and Tony Blair promise?
3. Politics Podcast: The Post Office Closure Programme

On the Derbyshire side, they have already gone.

via Daily Referendum.