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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Demo on saturday felt great to me - very big and good energy.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Of course - its not going to change things on its own - but the pressure does add up ...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Feels a great idea to write a short email / letter to MP, Blair, etc.... at this point</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to keep the pressure up. (And ask your friends to do the same!)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(Can be done in just a few minutes ......)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Your MP and their email address can be found at -</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="file://www.theyworkforyou.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">www.theyworkforyou.com</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Post address is - </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">House of Commons,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Westminster,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">London</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">SW1A 0AA</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Suggestion is to keep it short - better to write something simple than spend hours writing the perfect argument.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A "template" might be along the lines below - a couple of the points below - or the many other arguments against trident.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><Your address></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear .....</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am writing to ask you to vote against Trident replacement in the forthcoming debate.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Replacing our weapons of mass destruction sends out a completely wrong signal to other countries with potential to acquire nuclear weapons.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">With the money, we could really help to make the world a more secure place - for example UK carbon emissions could be reduced to a level which really addresses global warming.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> [Or the many other alternatives ....]</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Building weapons weapons of mass destruction is completely immoral.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Etc......</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please could you let me know your voting intentions?</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> (Or some other question(s) which make them reply - and / or investigate an aspect further.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Yours sincerely,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">......</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Also - </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a short message can be sent to the prime minister at</FONT>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3.asp"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page3.asp</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(No point in writing an essay - but the numbers of messages are added up and reported on by staff.)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The same / similar letters can be sent to - </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Margaret Beckett - Foreign Secretary and / or the Minister of Defence at -</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)</FONT></B><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Foreign and Commonwealth Office<BR>
King Charles Street<BR>
London<BR>
SW1A 2AH</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ministry of Defence (MoD)</FONT></B><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Ministerial Correspondence Unit<BR>
Room 222<BR>
Old War Office<BR>
Whitehall<BR>
London SW1A 2EU</FONT>
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