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oo^^artnada^^oo July 6th 03 01:29 PM

The more people who email MP's about this farce....
 
The more people who email thier MP's about this farce the more they will take notice.

So all of you email you local MP and let him know what you think of this farce and how we
(FTV viewers), are about to be stitched up by Sky AND C4, C5 and maybe ITV.

Do it NOW and let's get all the emails off to them.

If you are unsure of you MP's email go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2160988.stm to find out your MP's email address.

If we all start doing this, then maybe, just maybe, someone will take notice!



Dom Robinson July 6th 03 02:49 PM

In article ,
says...
The more people who email thier MP's about this farce the more they will take notice.

So all of you email you local MP and let him know what you think of this farce and how we
(FTV viewers), are about to be stitched up by Sky AND C4, C5 and maybe ITV.

Do it NOW and let's get all the emails off to them.

If you are unsure of you MP's email go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2160988.stm to find out your MP's email address.

If we all start doing this, then maybe, just maybe, someone will take notice!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2173554.stm

Mine's rather a fright. I'll write it the channels do disappear, but then when
I wrote to ask why I couldn't be exempt from paying prescription charges,
since I'm not on benefits, for drugs that keep me alive, she replied but
wasn't about to change anything. For anyone interested, the reason I take them
is because of: http://dvdfever.co.uk/aorta.shtml
--

Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk
/* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor)
/* 931 DVDs, 254 games, 33 videos, 63 cinema films, 69 CDs, laserdiscs & news
/* soldier of fortune 2, kangaroo jack, 24, 8 DVD comps, midtown 3, moto gp 2
TV Hates U: BBC2 & UK Gold: http://dvdfever.co.uk/pressrel/tvhatesu.shtml
Big Brother 4 - http://dvdfever.co.uk/reviews/bigbro4.shtml

BillR July 7th 03 12:54 PM

oo^^artnada^^oo wrote:
The more people who email thier MP's about this farce the more they
will take notice.

So all of you email you local MP and let him know what you think of
this farce and how we (FTV viewers), are about to be stitched up by
Sky AND C4, C5 and maybe ITV.

Do it NOW and let's get all the emails off to them.

If you are unsure of you MP's email go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2160988.stm to find out your
MP's email address.

Looked there for mine, Andrew Hunter Basingstoke, and he doesn't appear to
have an email address!
As he is to the right of Attila the Hun maybe he doesn't know how to use a
computer.



Giuseppe Sottotetti July 7th 03 07:26 PM


"BillR" ha scritto nel
messaggio ...

Looked there for mine, Andrew Hunter Basingstoke, and he doesn't appear to
have an email address!


You will find him here
http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/alms.cfm


--
Giuseppe Sottotetti




Mark Carver July 7th 03 08:36 PM

Giuseppe Sottotetti wrote:
"BillR" ha scritto nel
messaggio ...

Looked there for mine, Andrew Hunter Basingstoke, and he doesn't
appear to have an email address!


You will find him here
http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/alms.cfm


Good, thanks for that, he's my MP too. Just sent him an E-Mail
on this subject. Do the same Bill R !!



BillR July 7th 03 10:18 PM

Mark Carver wrote:
Giuseppe Sottotetti wrote:
"BillR" ha scritto nel
messaggio ...

Looked there for mine, Andrew Hunter Basingstoke, and he doesn't
appear to have an email address!


You will find him here
http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/alms.cfm


Good, thanks for that, he's my MP too. Just sent him an E-Mail
on this subject. Do the same Bill R !!


I'll do it right now...



Simon July 8th 03 02:45 PM

oo^^artnada^^oo wrote:
The more people who email thier MP's about this farce the more they
will take notice.

So all of you email you local MP and let him know what you think of
this farce and how we (FTV viewers), are about to be stitched up by
Sky AND C4, C5 and maybe ITV.

Do it NOW and let's get all the emails off to them.

If you are unsure of you MP's email go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2160988.stm to find out your
MP's email address.


Don't forget http://www.faxyourmp.co.uk



Dom Robinson July 9th 03 09:29 PM

In article ,
says...
I'll write it the channels do disappear, but then when I wrote to ask why I
couldn't be exempt from paying prescription charges, since I'm not on
benefits, for drugs that keep me alive, she replied but wasn't about to
change anything. For anyone interested, the reason I take them is because
of:
http://dvdfever.co.uk/aorta.shtml

Problem is that the rules for prescription exemptions haven't been
changed for decades, and in fact predate a lot of medical advances in
conditions that - had they existed at the time - would almost
certainly have been included. Maybe you could find some way of
inducing diabetes, then you'd be covered for everything :-) Still,
an annual pre-payment is better than nothing....

No, four-monthly ones are better, for me at least. It's about £32 for 4
months, and £84 for a year.

I get all my tablets in 2-month batches (nice big bag to bring home from the
chemist :) and get them at the start, middle and end of a 4-month prepayment
certificate. Then I have a two-month gap before needing another one, so it
costs me £64 for 12 months (6 batches of tablets), as opposed to £84 for 14
months (7 batches), given the two-month gap).

Of course, if I need a prescription during the two-month gap then I'd have to
pay separately for it, but then the cost of a 4-month prepayment cert more
than covers the cost of just one of those tablet trips.
--

Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk
/* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor)
/* 933 DVDs, 255 games, 33 videos, 63 cinema films, 69 CDs, laserdiscs & news
/* wild at heart, super monkey ball 2, 24, dan's movie digest, daredevil comp
TV Hates U: BBC2 & UK Gold: http://dvdfever.co.uk/pressrel/tvhatesu.shtml
Big Brother 4 - http://dvdfever.co.uk/reviews/bigbro4.shtml

Nick Cooper July 10th 03 01:26 PM

Dom Robinson wrote in message . ..
In article ,
says...
I'll write it the channels do disappear, but then when I wrote to ask why I
couldn't be exempt from paying prescription charges, since I'm not on
benefits, for drugs that keep me alive, she replied but wasn't about to
change anything. For anyone interested, the reason I take them is because
of:
http://dvdfever.co.uk/aorta.shtml

Problem is that the rules for prescription exemptions haven't been
changed for decades, and in fact predate a lot of medical advances in
conditions that - had they existed at the time - would almost
certainly have been included. Maybe you could find some way of
inducing diabetes, then you'd be covered for everything :-) Still,
an annual pre-payment is better than nothing....

No, four-monthly ones are better, for me at least. It's about £32 for 4
months, and £84 for a year.

I get all my tablets in 2-month batches (nice big bag to bring home from the
chemist :) and get them at the start, middle and end of a 4-month prepayment
certificate. Then I have a two-month gap before needing another one, so it
costs me £64 for 12 months (6 batches of tablets), as opposed to £84 for 14
months (7 batches), given the two-month gap).

Of course, if I need a prescription during the two-month gap then I'd have to
pay separately for it, but then the cost of a 4-month prepayment cert more
than covers the cost of just one of those tablet trips.


Yeah, I used to work in the bit of the NHS that issued this, and we
did have a few people who obviously staggered their pre-payments in a
similar way. I always find it a bit bogus, though, when you see
people on TV complaining along the lines of, "my prescriptions cost
£20 (or more) a month!" Means they're either dim (quite possible), or
they or the programme-makers are deliberately spinning the subject.

Gareth Kitchener July 10th 03 09:12 PM

Dom Robinson said:

I think tablets for people should be
free if it means that not taking them would cause eventual death,


Presumably you also think food should be free for the same reason
then? ;-)




--
Gareth Kitchener
Bedfordshire, England
http://www.garethkitchener.org.uk


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