> do we know how effective our campaigning and emails to MPs were?
Campaigning to your MP is and always has been a waste of time.
In addition, the "safer" their seat, the more of a waste of space the MP is because they know their constituents would vote for a pig if the right coloured rosette pinned to it.
Most of the time they don't bother replying, and then if they do reply, you get a two-page party political broadcast, followed by a generic paragraph about "how they understand your concern blah blah blah" but never addressing the point at hand.
I know someone who writes very frequently to her MP with very reasonable criticisms of government activities. The MP always takes the time to respond, despite not actually changing her position in Parliament on any topic. Poor women to have to endure that - both of them!
Campaigning to your MP is and always has been a waste of time.
In addition, the "safer" their seat, the more of a waste of space the MP is because they know their constituents would vote for a pig if the right coloured rosette pinned to it.
Most of the time they don't bother replying, and then if they do reply, you get a two-page party political broadcast, followed by a generic paragraph about "how they understand your concern blah blah blah" but never addressing the point at hand.