My apologies to many people reading my blog this week since the link I am going to give you is only directly relevant for people living in the United Kingdom although it contains interesting information for everyone. The procedure elsewhere may well be similar but I do not as yet have information about Parliaments in other countries.
In many of the sites I have mentioned, one recurring suggestion is to contact your MP. This is something that we all have the right to do but often forgo. I believe that MPs do take notice when several of their constituents write to them about the same matter although this does not guarantee that any positive action will happen. When I have contacted my local MP in the past, I have received a response even though the outcome may not have been what I exactly desired but at least it makes the MP in some way accountable to the people that vote for them.
The charitable site below has very useful information about every MP from how they vote on various issues to how to write to them. If you wish to contact an MP who is not from your constituency, I believe this site prefers you to not to use them. This should not deter you since many politicians also have their own websites which are easy to find using internet search engines.
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/
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Westminster MPs may have their uses but what about the Members of the European parliament. I have written to UK MEPs (all of them in South East England) and received no reply. As a UK citizen living in Germany, I would have thought that these people would have some sort of responsibility to Europen voters but that is not the case. Apparently They collect their expenses and inflated salary, promote what the lobbiests want and do nothing for the ordinary citizens. Or does anyone know differently?
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