COLUMN: Jobs fairs are great constituency events
There was a second notable thing about the fair, however: it was the first time I was advised that personal security would be a helpful thing at a public event. A specific concern about one individual meant a regrettable cost to the tax payer, and while I didn’t want it to get in the way of speaking to each stand it inevitably did have an impact. All politicians today know that hectoring and harassment, online in particular, is a part of the job, inexcusable though it is. I will continue to be as available as I possibly can, whether it’s as I’m doing my shopping on a Saturday morning or at surgeries and on social media. But I would ask individuals to fully consider the consequences of their actions. The PCSO who accompanied me at the jobs fair was a superb professional and I’m genuinely grateful to him - but I know too that his time should be better spent elsewhere.
Matt Warman is Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness