Updates appear here, as soon as they become available.
According to the leaflet "You and Your MP", issued by the House of Commons Information Office, if you are not satisfied with the treatment you have received from your MP, you can:
- "[T]ake your complaint to the local party association"
- "[W]rite to the party's headquarters"
- "[W]rite to the Chief Whip of the party to which your MP belongs"
However:
I am still waiting to hear from Chairman of Harrow East Conservative Association, Marilyn Ashton.
- Both Conservative Party Co-Chairmen, Lord Feldman of Elstree and the Rt. Hon. Baroness Warsi have co-ignored letters.
- Conservative Chief Whip, the Rt. Hon. Patrick McLoughlin, MP clearly does not read information issued by the House of Commons Information Office, since he writes:
As the Chief Whip I have no authority to intervene in a Member's dealing with his or her constituents, and must respect their right to represent their constituencies without interference.
Update 20-December-2012
Two years after he should have, Bob Blackman was kind enough to raise the issue of Phoenixing, and our rogue employer, in an adjournment debate.
Update 15-December-2012
Incensed at the hypocrisy of talk about marriage being between "between one man and one woman", Carol Shaw, Bob's former mistress spoke to the press. Anyone interested in the more salacious details can read the story in The Daily Mirror and Carol Shaw's account in The Daily Mail.
Update 7-December-2012
Bob Blackman told BBC News that David Cameron's backing of same-sex marriages was wrong on principle, claiming that marriage is "between one man and one woman", further stated that the re-introduction of Section 28 (a notorious piece of anti-gay legislation) would be more appropriate than marriage reform - the Gay community was rather upset at this suggestion.
Update 2-November-2012
Electrical retailer Comet Group entered administration, whereupon MP Robert Halfon was prominent in highlighting the plight of workers affected by the collapse, and encouraging an investigation into the possible misbehaviour of OpCapita (the private equity firm controlling the group)
Update 29-August-2012
After a year and a half of protest, we've finally heard from Bob Blackman -- More information on the main page of this site.
Update 3-July-2012
Marcus Agius (Chairman), Bob Diamond (Chief Executive) and Jerry del Missier (Chief Operating Officer) have all had the decency to resign from Barclays, following the LIBOR fixing scandal.
Update 27-June-2012
Barclays has been fined $450 million for manipulating the London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR), by US and British authorities. Apparently, the UK Government has never bothered to put legislation in place to prevent this sort of market abuse; and just as no action can be taken against the Directors of the company that we worked for, similarly, no action can be taken against corrupt Bankers.
Update 27-May-2012
It has been pointed out that Bob Blackman has voted to raise the level of VAT payable on Static caravans. - A move that will obviously discourage people from caravan holidaying in the UK, and consequently remove jobs from the UK Tourist industry as well as caravan manufacturers. [n.b. the Government has since U-turned, and this silly tax hike has been reversed]
Update 22-April-2012
We have just discovered that the phoenix company formed by the Directors after the collapse of the business that we worked for has also passed into liquidation, having never filed any accounts with Companies House after its incorporation in 2008. It seems that the Directors have defrauded a second group of Employees and Creditors, whilst both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Bob Blackman have continually failed to take any action, despite having been repeatedly warned by us.
Update 04-January-2012
Bob Blackman has made at absurd argument at the House of Commons that some local councils want to keep areas of deprivation deprived!
Update 04-November-2011
More newspaper reports about Bob Blackman's expenses shenanigans, this time from The Daily Mail.
Update 20-October-2011
After Bob Blackman called for benefits to be stripped from Occupy London protesters peacefully encamped outside St. Paul's Cathedral, the protestors produced an email template for supporters to send to Bob, asking if he will hire them or direct their email to a company with jobs available.
Update 12-October-2011
Bob Blackman is caught breaking IPSA rules after claiming Parliamentary expenses for a website featuring a party political logo.
Update 3-September-2011
The Impeach Bob Blackman campaign has arrived on Twitter - So please feel free to follow @ImpeachBob if you'd like to show your support, read updates about what's happening behind the scenes here, and the occasional politics related comment.
Update 31-August-2011
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has raised questions about an all expenses paid trip that MPs, including Bob Blackman took to Azerbaijan. Courtesy of an Azeri politician, who had obtained "massive wealth" as an alleged result of illicit payments received as Chairman of the State Customs Committee, according to a US diplomatic cable leaked to the Wikileaks website last year.
Further, Azerbaijan has a poor human rights record, repressive laws, and ranks poorly in the Transparency International World Corruption Index. However, after the UK MPs had enjoyed five days in Azerbaijan (estimated as costing £3,500 each in flights, accommodation and internal travel expenses). Bob Blackman, Stephen Hammond, Gerry Sutcliffe and Mark Field all had nothing but good things to say about Azerbaijan, in a subsequent House of Commons debate called by Bob Blackman.
Update 30-July-2011
Here's a short comparison of Bob Blackman's 2010-11 annualized Expense claims, which curiously seem to have been omitted from Bob's own website. As well as a brief comparison with other London area MPs:
| Expenditure | London MPs' median claim | Bob's claim | Difference from median |
| Constituency Office | £6,315.25 | £11,563.41 | +83.10% |
| General Admin | £7,286.35 | £10,480.40 | +43.84% |
| Travel & Subsistence | £250.40 | £3,975.97 | +1,487.85% |
| Staffing costs | £89,542.89 | £92,669.36 | +3.49% |
| Total Spend | £102,110.84 | £118,689.14 | +16.24% |
At the time of writing, Bob Blackman has the highest Travel & Subsistence expenses amongst London MPs, as well as submitting the 11th highest overall expense claims of any London local MP.
Update March-2011
The Government consulted on pre-pack sales to connected parties, and Bob Blackman failed to put our case to Edward Davey, making a joke of Mr Davey's claim that he wanted "...to make sure that Creditors have a fair chance to have their voice heard."
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