The MP's campaign-Responses

[MacBoy]

Thank you for your intervention and help, LL - and for the hard work you'll have to do whatever is decided! Sorry!

 

Mac

[crfx250]

Ok, as I have stated all posts that have been removed have been stored HERE and not deleted.

There are 564 posts stored there, if all these posts were still on this thread it would be over 23 pages long. This would make this thread difficult if not impossible to control.

I understand your concerns regarding responses from MP's, I have disscused a possible solution with Macboy. We are open to suggestions, please feel free to impart your ideas. Thank you.

 

 

OK thanks

[The Phantom]

crfx , I can send you copies of my correspondence directly as jpg if you wish

I only uploaded it here a few days ago but it is already gone again, so I can send you direct if it is any help

[MacBoy]

Phantom - your post (and the attached image) hasn't 'gone' anywhere - please read the threads above. It, along with all the others, is being stored pending a solution which myself and other are working on as I write this.

 

Please, everyone - try to appreciate that we are working hard to help, not to hinder members with this.

 

Thanks

Mac

[crfx250]

That would be great...hold on I'll PM you

[The Phantom]

Phantom - your post (and the attached image) hasn't 'gone' anywhere - please read the threads above. It, along with all the others, is being stored pending a solution which myself and other are working on as I write this.

 

Please, everyone - try to appreciate that we are working hard to help, not to hinder members with this.

 

Thanks

Mac

Sorry, I did read it and I noted crfx concerns about finding specific ones in the archive or stored message thread, so I thought I may be able to help by sending directly

I wasn't being funny about it being "gone", I just wanted to offer assistance to crfx if he is trying to compile something and saving him some time. That's all:p

[MacBoy]

Phantom - no worries!

 

Mac

[The Phantom]

All sorted - files sent direct now

Everybody happy again

[smutley]

Many thanks Macboy, my thread works now in my private messages so I can retrieve to my hearts content all the letters I lost when laptop fell to floor. Really appreciate all your efforts as this is a difficult thread to maintain and think if all the letters alone were transfered to a locked thread and our mumblings and grumblings in another x Jenny

 

whoops, thanks to Phantom and LL as well

[crfx250]

Thanks Phantom!

[crfx250]

The good news is that the treasury select committee have now scheduled

their nest regular session with the FSA for 9 October.

 

UK Parliament - Treasury Committee

 

The bad news is that the agenda for the session has now changed since

the BoE & Northern Rock fiasco so it's less likely the waiver issue will be discussed.

[MacBoy]

speaking of meetings, wasn't something supposed to be happening at the OFT yesterday - or am I mistaken? Review of some sort?

[ja-de]

It looks as though you're right on that crfx, so as usual our campaign(s) all take a back seat, ready to be forgotten, but we won't let them forget about us, we ALL have to make them sit up & listen.

[crfx250]

oooohh brand new thread! Very swish!

 

 

It looks as though you're right on that crfx, so as usual our campaign(s) all take a back seat, ready to be forgotten, but we won't let them forget about us, we ALL have to make them sit up & listen.

 

Yep, trust the banks to screw it up.

 

MacBoy I don't know of anything that's sposed to be happening re the

OFT today except that Martin Lewis was due to meet them but he is

yet to post any news on it yet.

[MacBoy]

That's what it was. I think it was you who first mentioned it crfx - thanks - so I'm not losing it!

 

Interesting to know the outcome of that, though...

[crfx250]

Interesting to know the outcome of that, though...

 

Yes I'm looking forward to hearing what they said. I did suggest that he

tried to get a meet with the FSA. With the precedent set by the OFT

agreeing to meet him the FSA might find it tough to say no.

[smutley]

Hi, received letter from Julie Morgan, MP for Cardiff North today - nothing exciting, just to tell me (and enclose) two, basically acknowledgement letters from Sophie Fluin FOS and Kirsty Taylor FSA and that she will let me know when she gets "a more substantive response".

[MacBoy]

Thanks, Smutley Please make sure you let us know what the responses were, for crfx250's 'Template Watch' initiative

[olden]

Hi MacBoy, yes I seem to remember reading that in September there would be a review or announcement from Lloyds saying they were opting out of the case with the OFT ??or something.

 

Also today I received replies from 'The Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan' and 'John Griffiths AM ' enclosing a copy of the letter Alistair Darling sent back to him in response to his!

I have been scanning all these letters before, am I allowed to do this now, only I am not very aufait with what you said about hosting image etc. Could you explain ??

 

 

 

 

to know how to host the image in your post and have the webspace available in which to host it (or an account with a site such as Photobucket, Flickr, etc.). PM me if you have any questions about this and I'll be happy to try and assist.

[olden]

One thing MacBoy, The FSA letter states that 'The FSA will review the waiver at the end of September to ensure, among other things that firms are compying with its conditions'

[crfx250]

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/general/115070-what-week.html

[crfx250]

Olden

 

When you're in the 'post reply' window you'll see a paperclip icon. Press

that and you should know what to do

[MacBoy]

Thanks Olden yes I thought I recalled something, but I'm pretty sure it was the Martin Lewis thing that crfx mentioned. However, wasn't there also going to be a review of the whole arrangement some time about now?

 

Or am I completely out of touch and that has happened already?

[livelylad]

Thread running nice and smoothly now I see.

[MacBoy]

OK folks, stats time again!:

 

 

 

 

Again, not much change in the overall percentages, but a couple of changes

• Even taking into account their majority, Labour still appear at the moment to be the most responsive party. For the purposes of this exercise, Labour are split into 'Lab' and Lab Co-op'. However, this merely means that the latter group are also Labour MPs, but are sponsored by the Co-operative movement

• Tory responsiveness has improved slightly, even against an increase in Labour responses - a good thing, as they were looking sluggish

• The Lib Dems have now lost their 'virginity' (ahem) and their responses are starting to roll in

• My own MP shocked me to the core by not only responding, but actually taking some action - whew!

Health warning as usual - remember these stats are a bit of unbiased fun and some of them are based on tiny numbers/samples)

OK, so we've hit the 100 mark - good for us and well done to everyone!,

 

However, impressive a result though it is, it's still less than a sixth of all the 646 sitting Westminster MPs. We need to get cracking. Please consider what you can do to help increase our contacts - for example are you subscribed to threads where this hasn't come up in discussions yet?

 

Perhaps you could start a quick thread about it there, or consider UKLASS's initiative in er, 'borrowing' my 'write to your MP' link and adding it to her signature!

 

Let's get 'em all!

And PLEASE - write to your MP if you haven't done so already!