Lobbying
The most helpful thing you can do is to write to your MP. This works
best if you use your own words,rather than a circular or form letter. If you
need some useful arguments you can find them here.
Writing letters
If you're planning to write to
your MP or peers, ministers, etc, remember that these people represent you. If
they're introducing legislation - especially if it's legislation you don't agree
with - it's their job to explain themselves.
So it's not enough for them to simply
register their disagreement with you. They have to explain why they do. When they
give justifications, see if the justifications work. (For counter-arguments see
false/misleading claims and Government's justifications ).
If the justifications don't work, remember you have the right to ask further
questions. If you do, theyhave to take you seriously. They might find it a
chore, but at the end of the day they work for you. You have the right to expect
adequate answers to your questions, and it's their obligation to provide them.
Prime Minister conflicted
.... there are areas in which the State, or the
community, no longer has a role or, if it does have
one, it is a role that is completely different. It is
not for the State to tell people that they cannot
choose a different lifestyle, for example in issues to
do with sexuality.
Tony Blair 5th Sept 2006
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