Comments on: October 9th: Bring your own MP

By: 24dash.com | Lynne Featherstone | Iraqi interpreters: 9th October meeting

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:29:37 +0000

[...] is some good lobbying advice over on Dan Hardie’s blog (though I would very much echo his point that personal letters have MUCH more impact [...]

By: Is There Actually a Use for Teddy Kennedy After All?

Is There Actually a Use for Teddy Kennedy After All? — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:27:42 +0000

[...] Relatedly, the meeting at Parliament is next week. [...]

By: Chicken Yoghurt » Not too late

Chicken Yoghurt » Not too late — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:15:59 +0000

[...] October 9 2007. Filed under activism, UK Politics, eye-rack See also GET CHAVEZ: Quixotic, No Thing going on and Fuck censorship permalink • trackback • print this • leave a comment [...]

By: Chicken Yoghurt » Sunny Hundal: Keyboards at the ready

Chicken Yoghurt » Sunny Hundal: Keyboards at the ready — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:44:22 +0000

[...] piece by Sunny on Comment is Free about the Iraqi Employees campaign, the spot of bother with Mr Usmanov, and what it all means for blogging and [...]

By: Nosemonkey / Europhobia » Glenda Jackson: Not good enough

Nosemonkey / Europhobia » Glenda Jackson: Not good enough — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:58:57 +0000

[...] It’s taken a while, but this morning I’ve received a reply from dear old Glenda Jackson to my letter trying to increase the pressure. [...]

By: Crooked Timber » » Iraqi government bonds

Crooked Timber » » Iraqi government bonds — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:48:51 +0000

[...] about the Iraqi employees. His letter is mainly concerned with administrative arrangements for the speaker meeting on the 9th – I had asked him to book a room for us, but Dan had already sorted one out. He [...]

By: Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » “Get out or die”

Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » “Get out or die” — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:09:12 +0000

[...] trailed previously, Dan Hardie has arranged a meeting for MPs to discuss the urgent issue of the Iraqi Interpreters, on October 9th. Why not write to [...]

By: Chicken Yoghurt » Get out or die

Chicken Yoghurt » Get out or die — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:51:04 +0000

[...] explain the matter of the Iraqi employees, and ask if your MP would be willing to co-sponsor the meeting at Parliament on October [...]

By: The Unforgiving Minute · More bloody Iraqi translators. Literally.

The Unforgiving Minute · More bloody Iraqi translators. Literally. — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:52:44 +0000

[...] Dan Hardie has now sent around an update and a request for anybody who’s interested in supporting the campaign. The short version follows below, and Dan has more talking points on his blog: If you’ve already written to your MP, write or email him or her again: and this time, invite them to a speaker meeting at Parliament on the second day of the new session, Tuesday 9th October. If you haven’t already written to your MP, please do so. You can find out about your MP here. Outline what’s happening and why we should be concerned, ask them to contact the relevant Ministries (particularly the Home Office but also the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and also invite them to the meeting. Stress to MPs that mainstream print and TV journalists will be present: that is the kind of thing that tends, for some reason, to attract them. And stress that this is the first blog-based campaign in the UK: this is how politics is going, and they need to see what it looks like. [...]

By: Pickled Politics » Iraqi Employees campaign goes to Parliament

Pickled Politics » Iraqi Employees campaign goes to Parliament — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:34:45 +0000

[...] Dan points out, the letters do have an impact. So: 1) Look up your MP. 2) Write to them. (draft letter) 3) Tell us [...]