I don't know about anyone else, but I adopted my local MP (Phyllis Starkey, Labour) and was astonished to receive an intelligent, informed response. I think STAND has made a difference here - if my MP took the time to research and respond to my concerns I'd hazard a guess she also raised them with DTI - and believe it or not, civil servants don't half sit up and take notice when they get correspondence from an MP.
You should have seen him on Channel 4 news, Friday night, over in the UK. He had absolutely nothing of value to say and repeated much of the meaningless drivel from the book. I nearly died laughing when he started talking about privacy.
Shame really, as John Snow is normally a really good interviewer. But he obviously didn't have a clue what he was asking Gates about.
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I don't know about anyone else, but I adopted my local MP (Phyllis Starkey, Labour) and was astonished to receive an intelligent, informed response. I think STAND has made a difference here - if my MP took the time to research and respond to my concerns I'd hazard a guess she also raised them with DTI - and believe it or not, civil servants don't half sit up and take notice when they get correspondence from an MP.
You should have seen him on Channel 4 news, Friday night, over in the UK. He had absolutely nothing of value to say and repeated much of the meaningless drivel from the book. I nearly died laughing when he started talking about privacy.
Shame really, as John Snow is normally a really good interviewer. But he obviously didn't have a clue what he was asking Gates about.