Writing to my MP to get Boris to resign

[DestroyerOfHouseplants]

I am thinking about writing to my MP asking him to get Boris to resign. I've had enough of his lies, his people partying, everything. Has anyone else done this? Will it do any good?

@MrsSkylerWhite

You’ll get a standard reply, ready prepared (couple of versions to cover different points of view) probably pp’d by an assistant.

Yes that's true but I know that MPs do tally up how many letters they get on topics. If the PM is taking up lots of correspondence times that's important if they are wondering whether to support another leader instead.

I write to my MP all the time. He's in pretty much the safest Tory seat in England and he's quite the yes man but having shown a modicum of independent thought recently said yesterday:

"There will be more evidence to come when police investigations have taken place, but it is currently not clear that the PM has been found personally guilty of ‘serious failures to observe’ the guidelines.

The full report should be made available when the police investigation concludes. Considering the challenges the nation faces at this time, my view is that the threshold required to necessitate a Prime Minister’s resignation has not been reached.

I can assure you I will review my position when the police investigation has concluded."

So backtracking somewhat ...

My MP is a government whip so no chance of him dropping his support.

@Sooverthemill

I wrote to our MP on Monday night stating that I felt his performance was appalling and he was not a fit leader. Sadly she's in the Cabinet and knows I'm a card carrying Labour member so won't agree

But it doesn't matter is she agrees with you! The point is you, as one of her constituents, are making your displeasure/view known. The more they realise people are angry - even if they're not Conservative voters - the better.

I'm fairly sure that, having said he was waiting for the Gray report before making his decision, my MP will now say he's waiting for the police investigation to conclude. But it doesn't matter. I've still written to him to express my views. (TBF to him, even if I wouldn't really want to be , he has always replied to me when I've written to him)

@BIWI oh yes I know. She never agrees with anything I express an opinion on. But obviously I use my democratic right to write to her about each and every single issue. Nasty nasty woman I won't let her have a free ride

and as I said in my reply to @MrsSkylerWhite every letter gets counted up.

@Toanewstart22
I'm curious about why you don't want him to resign?

@Parker231

It’s worth reminding your (Tory) MP that they represent the wishes of the constituents and it is the constituents who decide the outcome of the ballot box!

That was the line I took with my MP. Unable to vote for the party under his leadership. Still got a very wishy washy response back from my MP assuring me that she didn't attend any lockdown parties herself...

I sent a very heartfelt and straightforward email to my MP today. Half an hour later BBC were reporting he'd submitted his letter. You might think it is a coincidence but I'm claiming it for me.

@ancientgran

I sent a very heartfelt and straightforward email to my MP today. Half an hour later BBC were reporting he'd submitted his letter. You might think it is a coincidence but I'm claiming it for me.

Maybe it was the straw that broke the camel's back? Well done 👍

@mum2jakie That was my thought, he just saw one more annoyed voter and thought, "I've got to send this." If the ancientgrans are telling them off what can they do.

I don't bother any more. He's a new MP and clearly keen to be toeing the line. He's always just given me cabinet talking points in reply to everything else. Voting labour next time, how much worse can they be.

@mum2jakie that's probably what I would get back - they spectacularly miss the point really. Far as I'm concerned no government should ever be telling me I can't attend a relative's funeral because my naughty body might kill somebody. So if it turns out they in fact believe the risk to be so small that they can have a few drinks, why can't we? We all need social contact and the loneliness broke me.

I wonder if some of the electorate, who would usually vote for a donkey with a blue rosette will in future give more thought to the character of the candidate in future, always astounds me that likes of Raab/Rees-Mogg/Bridgen/Patel etc etc appear to have massive majorities.
I would also say the same about some Labour candidates if they are as loathsome as some of the above, I have a Labour MP although I didn’t particularly like Jeremy Corbyn I voted for her as she is an outstanding MP.

The Telegraph will be very happy with all of these letters.

We had better brace ourselves. 534 deaths in just one day, and many more left disabled, is just the start.

There will be long term health and economic implications with a significant proportion of the working age population disabled by Long Covid.

Boris going is one thing. The reasons why - and crucially the motivations of those behind the campaign for him to go right now, are quite another.

Let's just hope it's not a question of out of the frying pan into the fire.

Does anyone have a template letter?

Excellent idea. Joining the tory party’s an idea too. It’s their members who will choose the next pm.

I’ve written to mine, true blue Tory but I don’t mind filling his inbox!! Am disgusted with Boris

Once Boris goes, the deaths will go up up up. Likewise the number of Long Covid disabled.

Then again it's going to happen either way now. Boris is desperate to hang on and will do what is asked. In this case, removing/never implementing the simple and easy basic infection control measures that would allow us to genuinely 'live with' SARS-COV-2.

Re template letters. I expect that the ERG will have one.

Those asking for a template letter, my MP won’t respond to them, you also need to put your name and address on your correspondence if you want them to take notice. I wrote a while back, she replied saying that she was waiting for the report but she had had over 500 letters that were saying the same thing. I will never vote for her but she has been willing to abstain rather than follow the party line, I may wear her down eventually!

Boris’s failures apart from the lying to the House and public. For starters:

PPE contracts
Sending Covid positive hospital patients back to care homes
Covid death rate
Mismanaged NHS and primary care
Lack of funding for education
Housing crisis
Reduction in police services
Increasing NIC against a promise of no increases

@Parker231

Boris’s failures apart from the lying to the House and public. For starters:

PPE contracts
Sending Covid positive hospital patients back to care homes
Covid death rate
Mismanaged NHS and primary care
Lack of funding for education
Housing crisis
Reduction in police services
Increasing NIC against a promise of no increases

Failures shared with all of of his likely successors.

Let's just hope that (unlike in 1997) things can only get better. Maybe just maybe whoever takes his place has learned and grown from their mistakes?

Forgot to add the Brexit disaster to the list !

Hmm. I wrote (again) to my MP yesterday and still haven't had a reply. I wonder what will happen? Will he reply, or will he ignore me? TBF to him, he has always replied to me before, even if it was a c+p reply.