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| The Tory MP who refuses to use email with his own constituents | The Tory MP who refuses to use email with his own constituents |
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| A Tory who has been outed as the only MP who does not use email to communicate with his constituents has said he will "definitely not" change his ways. | A Tory who has been outed as the only MP who does not use email to communicate with his constituents has said he will "definitely not" change his ways. |
| Dr Julian Lewis has been revealed as the only one of 650 MPs who insists on being contacted by letter, fax or phone. | Dr Julian Lewis has been revealed as the only one of 650 MPs who insists on being contacted by letter, fax or phone. |
| Myfanwy Nixon, communications manager for WriteToThem - a website set up to help constituents contact their MPs - discovered Dr Lewis did not use email when their fax machine broke and he had to assess whether or not to buy a new one. when told the paper: “I can confirm that Dr Lewis is the only MP who cannot be contacted via email.” | |
| "We realised that we would be buying a new one only in order to allow contact with a sole MP - Dr Lewis," Mr Nixon told the Daily Mail. | "We realised that we would be buying a new one only in order to allow contact with a sole MP - Dr Lewis," Mr Nixon told the Daily Mail. |
| A spokesperson for the MP, who is the chairman of parliament’s Defence Select Committee, told the Independent he would “definitely not” change his mind, adding: “There is no more to say on the matter than what is in the press.” | A spokesperson for the MP, who is the chairman of parliament’s Defence Select Committee, told the Independent he would “definitely not” change his mind, adding: “There is no more to say on the matter than what is in the press.” |
| The 64-year-old MP does have a comprehensive website, but it clearly states “constituency correspondence is not carried out by email”. Catherine Ovenden, a constituent of New Forest East criticised the MP, told the Sun: “It is too old fashioned not to communicate online, I think he is being deliberately obstructive.” | The 64-year-old MP does have a comprehensive website, but it clearly states “constituency correspondence is not carried out by email”. Catherine Ovenden, a constituent of New Forest East criticised the MP, told the Sun: “It is too old fashioned not to communicate online, I think he is being deliberately obstructive.” |
| A spokesman for the MP defended Dr Lewis' electronic intransigence: “We have received a tiny number of complaints over the years on email accessibility but we have made ourselves instantly available by phone," he told the Mail. “People also walk into our office regularly - unlike most MPs we have always had our office in the constituency and constituents can write or fax or arrange to see Julian at his regular surgeries.” | A spokesman for the MP defended Dr Lewis' electronic intransigence: “We have received a tiny number of complaints over the years on email accessibility but we have made ourselves instantly available by phone," he told the Mail. “People also walk into our office regularly - unlike most MPs we have always had our office in the constituency and constituents can write or fax or arrange to see Julian at his regular surgeries.” |