SV650.org - SV650 & Gladius 650 Forum



Idle Banter For non SV and non bike related chat (and the odd bit of humour - but if any post isn't suitable it'll get deleted real quick).
There's also a "U" rating so please respect this. Newbies can also say "hello" here too.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 05-12-18, 12:39 PM   #1
Seeker
Member
Mega Poster
 
Seeker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: NE Lincs
Posts: 1,065
Default writing to your MP

does anyone do it? I do but I must admit the occasional reply I get does not make me feel much better (since my politics tend to be centre/left). Cleethorpes is bundled in with a large farming area and it's nearly always a Conservative seat, currently "served" by Martin Vickers. (Grimsby, next door, has been Labour nearly forever).

A couple of weeks ago I wrote to Mr Vickers with a link about the UN UK poverty report who responded that he thought it was laughable. (empathy not a strong point, perhaps).

I wrote to him today because of the report showing how Conservative cuts have been most severe in the North, whereas spending in the South East and South West has increased.

I wrote:

"Dear Mr Vickers,
Another report for you to find laughable.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a8667666.html

Chuckle away while you "earn" your £77379 and the average salary in your constituency is £29887 and the number of people trapped in the zero hour contracts scourge (nationwide) increased by 100,000 last year (to 1.8 million).

I used to be a field service engineer, if I didn't fix things I was fired. Since your job is to improve conditions for your constituents, why are you still employed? Do you feel any guilt at taking our (constituents taxpayer) money?"


Too harsh or not harsh enough?
Seeker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-18, 03:06 PM   #2
Biker Biggles
Member
Mega Poster
 
Biker Biggles's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Barnet Herts
Posts: 5,067
Default Re: writing to your MP

The trick is to make them think you do or might vote for them. Then they take you a bit more seriously and write a reply according to the party gospel.
My local MP is Teresa Villiers, High Tory pillar of the establishment complete with aristocratic pedigree and very nearly lost her "safe" seat at the last election due to her position on brexit.She replies to letters now.
__________________
On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.
Biker Biggles is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-18, 04:46 PM   #3
SV650rules
Member
Mega Poster
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Shropshire UK
Posts: 1,357
Default Re: writing to your MP

I often write to our MP, not often to complain because she is a staunch brexiteer, ( so we already agree on the most important thing to happen since WW2 ) but I sometimes pass things on to her that I think are important. I have also written to home Secretary a few years ago to ask why some illegal immigrant without a licence who ran over an 8 year old girl and dragged her 100 yards under the car ( dead obviously ) was not jailed or deported ( he claimed human rights and because he was married with a kid over here and ' his right to a family life' overrode his getting deported / jailed ) made my blood boil but I got a proper condescending letter back ( as you often do from governments ) - they really do live in a bubble down in London.
__________________
2016 SV650 AL7

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain

Last edited by SV650rules; 05-12-18 at 04:47 PM.
SV650rules is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-18, 05:37 PM   #4
punyXpress
Member
Mega Poster
 
punyXpress's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Riding, North
Posts: 2,664
Default Re: writing to your MP

Wrote to mine a few years ago regarding house insurance being unaffordable due to some houses in our postcode being flooded while ours never has in over 200 years.
Polite letter back & within 6 months was able to get a 'sensible' premium.
Cause & effect or just sheer luck ?
__________________
Was: K2 naked in rapid yellow - gone to a better? place
Now: Street Triple R
punyXpress is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-18, 06:56 PM   #5
Talking Heads
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 486
Default Re: writing to your MP

My MP is a tory.

Its illegal to put noxious substances or bombs in the post so no, I don't send him anything.
Talking Heads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-18, 06:59 PM   #6
Talking Heads
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 486
Default Re: writing to your MP

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker View Post
Too harsh or not harsh enough?

Nowhere near harsh enough.
As far as I'm concerned the tories are cheating, lying, thieving, murdering scumbags.
Talking Heads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-18, 08:13 PM   #7
Bri w
Member
 
Bri w's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Turre, Almeria
Posts: 668
Default Re: writing to your MP

Wrote to Mo Mowlem when she was MP for Redcar. She was also Sec of State for NI. She was an absolute diamond. Was asked to go in and meet her to discuss the issues. She sorted HMRC out with a baseball bat. Well impressed!

Wrote to the liberal MP for Redcar a several years back. Great response, and he also did a follow up. Way better than average.

Wrote to Jeremy Hunt, the then Health Secretary, when the NHS Pensions company continued to screw up my pension. Waste of a stamp.
__________________
"It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years."

Currently - Fighting the urge... seen a nice Triumph America

Previously - Honda CB125, Honda CB400-4 & BSA B40, Moto Guzzi 850, Yamaha RD250, Suzuki GT380, Kawasaki Z1B, Kawasaki Z650, Honda VFR, Triumph Street Triple R.
Bri w is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-18, 09:09 PM   #8
garynortheast
Member
Mega Poster
 
garynortheast's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Mid Wales
Posts: 2,475
Default Re: writing to your MP

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bri w View Post
Wrote to Jeremy Hunt, the then Health Secretary, when the NHS Pensions company continued to screw up my pension. Waste of a stamp.
He's a waste of skin.

My MP, Glyn Davies is as bad. Tory party yes man. Frigging useless.

Last edited by garynortheast; 05-12-18 at 09:26 PM.
garynortheast is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-18, 10:31 PM   #9
Bibio
Member
Mega Poster
 
Bibio's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: here as devil's advocate
Posts: 11,539
Default Re: writing to your MP

i must admit that my MP and MSP's have been fantastic and given reply's above and beyond what i have asked of them.
Bibio is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-18, 10:12 AM   #10
Luckypants
Moderator
Mega Poster
 
Luckypants's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Nr Ruthin
Posts: 7,055
Default Re: writing to your MP

Quote:
Originally Posted by garynortheast View Post
Tory party yes man. Frigging useless.
We have one of those, I no longer bother writing about anything.

My local and regional AM are also useless riders of the gravy train....
__________________
"Your Viffer sounds like it is raising hell! Spot on." - Witchery 17/4/08
Snow Plough Appreciation Society - Member #3

Luckypants is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
A cracking bit of writing ogden Bikes - Talk & Issues 15 24-10-13 10:10 PM
Van sign writing... dirtydog Idle Banter 25 14-10-10 12:17 AM
Writing a CV Alpinestarhero Idle Banter 18 07-01-10 08:17 PM
Need help writing my cv :( arcdef Idle Banter 8 13-06-09 10:24 AM
CV writing help edmurrgr Idle Banter 17 02-07-08 10:57 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:44 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.