I am Leppers Lepper.

I like to write to David Lepper.

He is my local MP don't you know. I address my letters to him:

David Lepper MP

That makes me laugh.

I enjoy writing to him for a few reasons:

1) I get replies sent to me on House of Commons paper and that is funny. Also they come in a house of commons envelope and that is funny. They are on posh cream paper that has raised lettering and that too is funny.
2) I feel important when I get a reply from an MP which is funny once more because of reason 3, my primary motivation for writing...
3) They have to reply! HA HA HA! Its a captive audience that you can moan at and they are duty bound as your representative to reply to you...IN FULL! They also often forward your letter onto another department who reply to the lepper who then replies to me. ITS BRILLIANT. Rarely do you get to see a direct result of your democratic powers but writing is one small way you can and it will fill your day with glee.
4) I love post. I still get excited when I hear the postman and I run to the flap (snigger) to get my mail. Often I don't have any and often its dull, but its still exciting to hear the flap open (snigger). So when you send a letter like to an MP the anxiety about whether today will be the day you get a reply is almost too much to take. That too makes me laugh.
5) You get to have your voice heard, no matter how quietly. As I said, they usually send your letter to a government department and that department must investigate and reply fully. Usually they have to reply really quickly too! I know this as I have had to do it when working for a government department. A sense of panic ensuses when an MP letter comes in and the civil servants shit themselves with the possibility of telling the MP something wrong or worse still being found out to do something wrong.
6) In my best David Lepper MP letter he replied to me and sent me an extract of a question he asked in parliament. That means as a result of my whinge (about the council tax system it was) loads of other MP's were inflicted with my views. POLITICAL CASH BACK!
7) Once they have replied to you with an answer they seem to have a habit of writing a few months later to see if you were satisfied. Now this is the best bit as it gives you ample reason to reply again and tell them you were not happy and the whole brilliant process continues.

So I am currently waiting for a reply on a question about student loan weighting and once I get the reply I shall leave it a bit and then think of something else to write about!

My ultimate ambition is for my name to flash up in red on MP's computers when a letter from me comes in, brandishing me as a 'troublemaker'. even better than that would be to get a letter saying they wont reply to me anymore. I will then be an official nusance and will be happy to the end of my days.

jesting aside though, it is an important issue. MP's are there to serve and if we don't write to them with our grumbles there isn't a chance in hell that they will be addressed.

Long live the writing a letter to an MP revolution. Try it today, you might like it.