WHO'D be an MP? I can't understand why people like Lynda Waltho would want to continue in post when all they ever seem to get is criticism, especially from small-minded people, very often the usual suspects through the letters page.

It appears that she cannot do right for doing wrong! If she goes to an event and is photographed and the piece is covered by the Stourbridge News she is wrong but if she didn't go she'd likely be criticised for that. I'm sure she cannot have any say over local paper policy!

I've only lived in Stourbridge for a short time during which I've met our MP three times at local charity events.

I see her often in the town doing her shopping just like any other normal person and I've never seen her be anything other than gracious when she is stopped to talk by a passer by.

Come on all you whingers - appreciate what you have. A plain speaking bright young woman with an obvious passion for her constituency and a desire to represent it to the best of her ability.

You may not agree with all that her party does as even the leadership but i think you've got a little diamond working for us in Westminster.

Well done Mrs Waltho and don't let the beggars grind you down!

Ken Barnes

Stourbridge