{"id":70730,"date":"2026-01-24T23:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=70730"},"modified":"2026-01-24T23:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:23:58","slug":"andrew-bridgen-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/01\/andrew-bridgen-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Bridgen MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn the belly of the beast\u201d<br \/>\nIn That acrid state<br \/>\nOf delusion and fragmented fluids<br \/>\nThat be<br \/>\nTruths being harder to come by<br \/>\nsupporting the weakness<br \/>\n so much  empathy<br \/>\nCame from one angelic man of the people<br \/>\nYes Andrew Bridgen<br \/>\nStanding  firm at his back<br \/>\nHurting alone in his struggle asserting<br \/>\nHis valid belief<br \/>\nDodging some of the flack<\/p>\n<p>Such spirit he showed<br \/>\nWhere many had  faltered<br \/>\nAndrew stood firm<br \/>\nHis valour it grew<br \/>\nHis real tenaciousness<br \/>\nFlourished and blossomed<br \/>\nA beautifully meaningful<br \/>\nCourage on view<\/p>\n<p>In the belly imagine it<br \/>\nJust for one moment<br \/>\nThe gurgling anger<br \/>\nAnd acidic sphere<br \/>\nAndrew took heed of it<br \/>\nGave it his all<br \/>\nRespect earned in readiness<br \/>\nYes He stands  tall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn the belly of the beast\u201d In That acrid state Of delusion and fragmented fluids That be Truths being harder to come by supporting the weakness so much empathy Came from one angelic man of the people Yes Andrew Bridgen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/01\/andrew-bridgen-mp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-testimonials","category-people-i-have-observed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70732,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70730\/revisions\/70732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}