Email #36

Dear Harriet

My campaign came under criticism today because for a social activist, im not very good at being active or rather I have only rants not any solutions.

I feel the point has been missed somewhat by those who chose to criticise me.  I email you not to advise you- I am not a political adviser nor do I have any delusions of gradeur regarding my raison d'etre.  I write to you because I feel there is no point writing to the our Prime Minister who sees nothing wrong in his chosen course of action, and because I strongly feel that as opposition leader, interim or not, it is your job to challenge the chosen course of action by the incumbent government.

It is not down to me to provide solutions, if I had solutions I would be in government, but it is my chosen fight, to fight for social justice, to speak up for those who are suffering under the policies of the incumbent government.  The point as I said from day one was to illustrate how such polices affect the average man on the street, because how they affect me and my family is replicated across the country; the cumulative affect being seen in a rise in childhood poverty, a rise in homelessness, a rise in food bank usage, a rise in the suicide rate and a rise in the number of deaths attributed to sanctions.

Pointing these things out, illustrating the affect of policy made by central government on the average man on the ground, the grassroots electorate member, is not ranting: it is simply fighting for social justice.

And no matter how many times I am criticised for it, I will continue to call on you to put pressure on this incumbent government, to challenge the rhetoric, to stand up for the common man who suffers under these policies, because while I may only be one person, I am representative of many: one voice speaking up and speaking out for us all.  Because all it takes is one voice to make a difference.

Constituent, Labour Party member, Union member, sleep deprived carer, concerned citizen, self employed mother, mother of a teenager with ASD, socialist, environmentalist, Disabled Rights supporter, Jeremy Corbyn supporter, mother feeding her children with nectar points, defender of the vulnerable, advocate, logistics savant, concerned niece, grassroots activist, anti austerity campaigner, RNLI supporter, unashamed welfare state service user & social housing tenant, protester, fire brigade supporter, carers allowance claimant, less than perfect parent, socialist agitator, worrier, mental health service user, football mum, social justice campaigner, immigrant, proletarian, CND supporter, #endausteritynow campaigner, someone with nothing better to do than wait for a plumber, cost cutting football medic, Catholic, one voice speaking up