From Priesthood... To Politics ; Fresh From the Palace Where He Collected an Mbe From the Queen, Mike Poulter Talks to John Woodhouse About His Career in the Arenas of Priesthood, Probation, Policing and Politics.

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › July 28, 2009

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AT A time when the stock of politicians is as low as a worm's undercarriage, it's worth remembering that not everyone in this game is concerned with duck houses, digestives and moats.

Take Mike Poulter, for instance, a man with the words 'public service' running through him like a stick of Staffordshire rock. And take not my word on it - the Queen said as much when she presented him recently with an MBE for services to the community of the county.

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From Priesthood... To Politics ; Fresh From the Palace Where He Collected an Mbe From the Queen, Mike Poulter Talks to John Woodhouse About His Career in the Arenas of Priesthood, Probation, Policing and Politics.

"She took a very great interest," says Mike, a man who's spent far too much time in committee rooms to be fooled into revealing details of idle chit-chat. "She'd been very well briefed about Staffordshire and about my work."

He does, however, admit that "an officer in full kit demonstrated to everyone how to curtsey" a...

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