[CARLTON BROWN]

Originally Posted by haroldeye

C-B My wife was dismayed when I was in Iraq to find that one of the labourers at the place she worked was paying £21 a week to send parcels to his son and nephews. She was paying £7 to send parcels to me, but given her job and my rank it was no problem. She was very upset that this chap, who was not earning a great deal was spending a good deal of his income on postage.

She contacted our local MP, a Labour man, and gave him both barrels. Not bothered about what we pay but very bothered that a man in his later years has to pay proportionally much more. He was on the case straight away (sensible as the old trout was not for taking prisoners) he didn't promise to look into it but actually was one of the leaders of the free postage for the troops campaign. The paper trail between him and my old stick was quite amazing, she was quite forceful and he knew his place. It does work sometimes you know.

Thanks for that Harold. It's certainly the way things should be, but sadly, it seems that this tends to be the exception, rather than the norm.