The article on Bob Seely MP “tackling” George Eustice on sewage outflows, confirmed my suspicion that he had no idea what he was voting for, or indeed how big the problem was when he had a chance to make a difference.

I attended a meeting with him and the CEO of Southern Water, at which Bob was more concerned about writing his press release than discussing the very serious issues of sewage release into our sea.

I pressed him to support the Duke of Wellington Amendment on the environment bill.

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The Duke of Wellington's element of Lords Amendment 45 would place a new duty on sewerage undertakers in England and Wales to make improvements to their sewerage systems and demonstrate progressive reductions in the harm caused by discharges of untreated sewage.

But when he had the opportunity to force time-based reductions of sewage outflow, he voted with the government to pretty much leave it up to the water companies to deal with.

Even Southern Water thought the amendment was a good idea. Yet now, after a dry summer, which still saw sewage released into the sea around the Island, Bob claims to care.

He’s even managed to “tackle” an environment minister that would last less than 24 hours in the job after Bob’s question.

So my question, is Bob short on memory or does he genuinely fly by the seat of his pants from one day to the next, because from where I am standing, he has no coherent plan to improve the lot of Islanders and more of a plan to improve his career.

A bigger office is more of a draw than clean beaches, obviously. And let’s not even ask about the Island Deal.

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