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9 December 2009 Two More Letters from an Angry Voter       As our incompetent, lawless, profligate so-called government goes from bad to worse, and desperately seeks a means of staying in power after next April, it continues to implement the most cretinous decisions on our behalf.   In recent weeks the following letters have gone to the ministers concerned.  As usual, so far without a response.       Bob Ainsworth MP Minister of Defence Whitehall                                                                   For no reason that I can begin to imagine, you have just sent me by mail a copy of a 92-page full colour glossy magazine produced for the Ministry of Defence, entitled Sanctuary.  It claims to be the 38th edition and includes reports about the Ministry of Defence’s entirely laudable commitment of ‘conservation’.   To describe this supposedly ‘free’ (and unwanted) publication as ‘lavish’ would be an understatement.  It makes Country Life look modest.   To describe it as an utterly despicable waste of British taxpayer’s money, especially when our troops in Afghanistan are still so desperately short of key operational equipment, would also be an understatement – but of a very different kind.   Yes, I know the cost would not have paid for an additional helicopter, but all 38 editions might have gone some way towards it.  However, that is not the point.  It’s the mind-set such waste reveals.    What happened to the MoD’s setting of rigorous priorities and resource planning?  Since when, for heaven’s sake, was PR nonsense like this allowed to use up precious cash?   In the name of sanity, what do you think you are doing?   Will you please take this letter as a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act to state the total cost of the editorial, production and distribution costs of this 38th issue, and the total cost expended by your Ministry on all 37 previous editions.   You will be aware of the time-limit imposed by law for a full response to all requests made under the above Act.   Ashley Mote   [Note: time limit for a response on the FIA about to expire] …………………………………………   Alan Johnson MP Home Secretary Whitehall     You are currently spending taxpayers’ money on a radio commercial threatening business managers with fines of up to £10,000 or two years in jail if they employ illegal immigrants.   Leaving aside the crass decision to use our taxes in this way, especially in the present economic crisis, is it possible for you to justify this campaign in the light of two indisputable facts?:   The Attorney General did what you are saying ordinary businessmen may do only on threat of severe penalties.  Yet her ladyship chose not even to resign – despite being the theoretical head of the government’s legal services.    Who other than the Home Office and its border agencies is responsible for these tens of thousands of illegal immigrants being here in the first place?  Or did I miss something?   Does it not occur to you that this radio commercial is seriously misplaced?    Baroness Scotland’s example to the country was an appalling case of applying double standards, in utter contempt of the behaviour we demand from public servants.  She further discredited your lawless shambles of a government, but that is a problem for you.   Meanwhile, I ask you this: what right do you have to force ordinary people – who already put up with far more government interference in their daily lives than is tolerable – to clean up your mess for you?   Remind me.  What is that proverb about clearing the mess in your own stables before starting on others?     Ashley Mote         To respond to, or comment on this Email, please email ashley.mote@btconnect.com Click www.ashleymote.co.uk to visit the site now.   You have signed up to receive these notifications.