Below is the full text of the 1000 character complaint I sent to Prime
Minister David Cameron’s office.
I wish to complain about
Jackie Doyle-Price MP. She has acted dismissively to strongly worded and
assertive but not hostile e-mails I sent her.
She sent me an Easy Read
leaflet when I had been writing well-written, intelligent letters to her. Doing
so, knowing that I suffer with depression, has shown her to be discriminatory
and stigmatizing towards people with mental health issues.
All I am trying to do is
engage in the democratic process by engaging with my MP and holding her to
account (my duty as a citizen of the UK).
Her actions and attitude
reflect badly on politicians as a group whilst you are trying to win back the
public's trust.
This may be a small matter
but I have nowhere else to turn now.
I would like to see that she
is publically disciplined for her dismissive, discriminatory and stigmatizing
attitude and that she gives me a public apology. The apology should not be made
in such a way that it casts me in a bad light as I have done nothing wrong.
Here is the full text of the original letter to David Cameron I wanted
to send before I had to cut it down.
Dear Prime Minister,
Attached is a Word document that contains the
correspondence between myself and the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards regarding a
complaint I wish to make against my local MP, Jackie Doyle-Price.
The Complaints Manager, Jon Prawer, suggested that, as there is no official body to deal with
complaints against Members of Parliament, I should pass my concerns about Ms
Doyle-Price and my comments for the need for an independent body to look
into complaints about Members of Parliament.
To reiterate, my problem
with Ms Doyle-Price is that she has acted dismissively to e-mails sent to her
by myself which although were strongly worded and assertive cannot have been
considered “hostile” (a direct quote from her final letter to me).
Ms Doyle-Price does not
acknowledge receipt of any of the e-mails I have sent her and she acted in a discriminatory
and stigmatizing way by sending me a leaflet in an Easy Read format when I had
been writing quite well-written, intelligent letters. Ms Doyle-Price knows that I suffer with a
mental health issue and, by sending me an Easy Read leaflet, has shown herself
to be discriminatory, stigmatizing towards people with mental health issues and
woefully in need of some mental health awareness training.
Ms Doyle-Price has also sent
abusive e-mails to another of her constituents although unfortunately the
person in question cannot access the e-mail for some reason.
All I am trying to do is
engage in the democratic process by engaging with my Parliamentary
representative (who should represent me and my views without fear or favour in
Parliament, even when they conflict with her own) and hold her to account for
her actions and voting record, all of which are my duty as a citizen of the
United Kingdom and form part of the social contract between myself and the
State.
Ms Doyle-Price’s actions and
attitude reflect badly on politicians as a group, a group which is supposed to
be trying to win back the trust of the electorate of the United Kingdom.
I do not wish to burden a
busy man such as yourself with such a seemingly small matter but it is neither
small to me nor a small matter for those of us who wish to do our civic duty.
I have already outlined the
outcome I would like regarding this with both Ms Doyle-Price herself and with
Conservative Party Chairman, Mr Shapps, which is that Ms Doyle-Price be publically
disciplined for her dismissive attitude towards her constituents and that she
give a public apology to myself. The
apology should not be made in such a way that she casts me in a bad light as I
have done nothing wrong to deserve such treatment from her.
I hope that you can help me
resolve this situation.
Yours sincerely,
Myles Cook
The Word document had the full texts of the correspondence I have already posted on this blog with the Standards Commissioner's office.
I don’t expect a response but if I get one, it’ll get
posted right here on this blog!
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