[Margaret Pilkington]

Well, I suppose it depends what you mean by 'Elderly'.......do I fit into that category....I am a pensioner? I think there are many silver surfers who would have no problems in accessing their member of Parliament via his e-mail address....you see...this is what I mean by generalisation.
I would like to see the evidence his assumptions are based on, but I don't think I ever will.

Another thing that was mentioned was that the forum is a medium of 'here and now'...meaning that you can give an immediate response. I agree that you can give an immediate response if you wish to, but you can also take your time and deliver a considered and calculated response too, if you wish, but you don't actually have to respond at all if you don't want to.

I respect the people in local/national politics who come on here and do not hide under a pen-name, it says to me that these people are not trying to hide their motives and are open about what they are saying. The same cannot be said of Mr Farrer.