Why bother?

Been a bit of a difficult time recently health wise and with other things but I've still been trying to get something sorted on the anti-social behaviour front, when I've been able to including getting my ugly mug in the paper http://www.leylandguardian.co.uk/news/local/disrespect_to_our_war_dead_1_3747569 (warning if you click the link) on the lowlife who defaced our war memorial.

Unfortunately a Government Minister has reconfirmed my view that telling Government and it doesn't matter which party (s) is running it is often pointless.

Productive initial emails ended with:

"Many thanks for your email. I just wanted to you know that I have received it, and will get back to you with a more detailed response shortly".

Only to be followed up with:

"There is a strict parliamentary convention which states that MPs must only deal with their own constituents. Therefore I must ask you to approach your own MP instead"

The reason why the Minister, who shall remain nameless here but can be identified via my tweeter feed, was contacted directly was because if you go down the route of Ministerial Office you get spin and if you go down the road of contacting via your MP you get spin, none answers and in some cases lies.

Cameron's version of what he calls the big society is frankly laughable because all the doors supposedly open to take a proactive approach are shut with the Parliamentary Protocols hand-stamp.

This for me is unacceptable and if you hear Government saying we haven't been told or we need to know and can't do anything until we are told about it take it with a huge pinch of salt.

The reality is they will have been but they will have chosen to simply not listen!