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To: Dr Julian Lewis, MP

Demand New Forest MP to use e-mail

To use his e mail address so his constituency can contact him directly by e-mail.

Why is this important?

Dr Lewis is the ONLY MP in the house of commons who is only accessible through snail mail, the internet revolution of the last century hasn't made it to his office yet. There is a whole generation of voters who might never have written a letter. By not allowing people to contact him by e mail he is denying the electorate access and a voice to their local MP.

Having spent over 10 years working in development in rural Afghanistan I have returned to the UK to discover my local MP is less contactable than an Afghan MP. We should have held some cash back from our 'Afghan democratisation endeavour' to help our local MP get on the web!

As the government website itself says "email is a very convenient way for people to communicate" and encourages people to e mail their MP. In the New Forest we are unable to do this. E mail enables fast, immediate conversations with those who should be wanting to hear our voice, not silence it.

I am not the first to notice the luddite in our midst http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3471687/Julian-Lewis-MP-REFUSES-communicate-constituents-online-regards-emails-insecure-prefers-communicate-letter-fax.html

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How it will be delivered

I guess as he is not on e mail I will have to send the petitions in a bottle or by carrier pigeon.

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Updates

2016-10-01 13:22:27 +0100

50 signatures reached

2016-05-24 17:10:17 +0100

25 signatures reached

2016-05-24 09:53:35 +0100

I have recently received a response to my letter to Lewis MP, in which he clearly stated once again that 'nothing would make him change his mind to have an e mail address'. So thats encouraging!

2016-05-04 17:14:37 +0100

10 signatures reached