Off for the Holidays!

Just a quick note to say that things will be fairly quiet for the next few weeks (as they already have been for the last week) as I'll be back home, pigging out on food and drink and plenty of unproductive days.

There will be a few posts here on various issues - there are a few things that slipped through my mind at the time and never got posted - so do check back every now and then for the mundane.

But what you can do while/if you're home - make an appointment to go see your elected Member of Parliament or Assembly Member/Member of the Scottish Parliament! They'll obviously have a few days off for Christmas/New Year but I would expect that they'll be spending more time than normal in the constituency while Parliament has its Christmas break too! Take the opportunity to visit them and talk to them about any issues that you want to - from national policy on climate change, international trade negotiations, Lebanon, Darfur, post offices, aviation, railways and privatization, the NHS, proportional representation (STV) - just about anything. Raise the issue with them and you may be surprised at what they're willing to do - at most, they'll say that they don't agree - but they never like saying that, so it's worth a shot.

You can find your MP at www.upmystreet.com or www.theyworkforyou.com and call their local constituency office for surgery times and dates.

Have a jolly green holiday season!