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  Phil Voice October 12, 2009 at 5:01pm

  It's a very tough one isn't it - something I have tried to address often since LJ started in 2006. I think we are slowly getting a message across but when it comes to MP's, can anything of sensitivity ever through to them?
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  Sustainable Land Management October 12, 2009 at 5:49pm

  Whilst many clients understand costs and some even sympathise with the predicament that most in the landscaping and horticultural industry are grossly underpaid, there is definately a core who cannot grasp that the 'chap who does the lawn' will have a dictionary of latin names together with a comprehensive knowledge of the skills needed for the huge selection of plants found in the UK in his head. Does the presence of the RHS and the landscaping accreditation organisations help or hinder in this respect. If there was a government quango heading the industry up would it help or would they be held back by these misconceptions. It makes me really angry so sorry for the rant.
  
  I hope that when you see a really messy garden, with dangerous limbs and head high grass in the future you can simply assume it belongs to an MP
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  Richard Boyd October 12, 2009 at 5:56pm

  Cornwall Landscaping said:

  I hope that when you see a really messy garden, with dangerous limbs and head high grass in the future you can simply assume it belongs to an MP

  
  Not a chance Smith has been let off today, so a prime target market must be MP's who have just been told to go and fiddle all that they can and to bill the tax payer. A blatant whitewash.
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  Phil Voice October 12, 2009 at 5:59pm

  I covered MP's gardening expenses at the time - It made me angry then and it makes me even angrier now.
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  Kieran Ray October 12, 2009 at 6:29pm

  I have a garden that costs more than that to maintain a MONTH! I cant beleve the lack of knowlege people have over what people need to live on!