I NOTE with amazement the recent letters from Mark Starr and Nick Chance claiming that MEPs get an extra £2,000 per month if they write a few letters to newspapers extolling the virtues of the EU. This is just not true.
I write letters to set the record straight when other writers mislead, as on matters such as this. I write to highlight issues where the Government fails to fight our corner in Brussels, which is often. Finally, I write because I care about my country and my home region, which is why I took on this role in the first place.
The real question should be why readers hear so little from MEPs from other political parties.
PHILIP BUSHILL-MATTHEWS MEP,
Conservative Office, Sansome Place, Worcester
and European Parliament, Brussels.
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