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I'm not convinced this will make much difference? When I have contacted my MP in the UK I get back very poor responses that are either generic or completely dis
by andy_ppp 3y ago
I'm not convinced this will make much difference? When I have contacted my MP in the UK I get back very poor responses that are either generic or completely disputing everything I suggested. For example, if you have an evangelical member of congress there's little point in writing to them about a woman's right to choose.
Can you name a time when letter writing or calling successfully changed the law? If we are honest only violent protest has ever really changed anything.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Can you name a time when letter writing was successful? Yes, I’ve gotten text passes into federal law in America. People who call and write are willing to be organised by a primary opponent. Electeds take them seriously. (No clue for Britain.)
- andy_ppp 3y agoText passed? Okay I think people are further removed from democracy than in the states, as I understand it lots of options are voted on by people locally in the US. We have zero direct democracy in the UK, only representation. There is zero way for me to get text put into a UK law as far as I am aware!
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> as I understand it lots of options are voted on by people locally in the US Yes, absolutely. But I’m talking about federal law. Two foreign policy pieces and a number of domestic laws. In this respect, our Congressmen are as local as your MPs.
- andy_ppp 3y agoI really do not think the MPs write the actual laws (a civil servant does that with some quite vague direction from elected officials) let alone allow the people contribute to them.