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14 August 2002
Filed under:E-democracy at11:07 pm

Sorry I am a bit late picking this up but British MPs are complaining that now that (some of them) have email addresses (that some of them have published), people are using them to contact them.

“Committee chairman Michael Fabricant told BBC News Online: “MPs welcome contact from their constituents.

“What we are concerned about is often the constituent emails are being blocked out because the mail box is being filled by unwanted emails.”

Some MPs claim they are receiving up to 500 messages a day, while others seem to have hourly contact with emailers.

The US Congress faces a similar “problem”.

Of course if government was more transparent so people realised just how powerless most of MPs are to effect real change on general issues, there would be less lobby group “spamming”…

Perhaps what we need is better signposting of the places where lobbying can be effective and the further opening of those forums to online debate.downloadable movies free adultfucking movies ebony freefalcon studios free moviesfree movie incest sampleslarge free movies pornorgasm free moviemovie free pussymovies handjob free Map