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by Lib Dem team on 13 September, 2010
Councillors get all sorts of letters and we try to deal with the issues as best we can.
Sometimes though, it’s difficult.
Today I received an anonymous letter which has apparently been sent to every Stockport councillor, the local MPs, the BBC, Piccadilly Radio, GMR Radio, the Home Secretary, the Prime Minister, the Royal British Legion and several more.
What issue is so critical, you might ask, that the writer feels the need not only to remain anonymous but also send the letter to so many important people (and me)?
This world-shattering issue is in fact the order the automated options are read out on one of Stockport Council’s phone line (apparently, option 0 – English language – should be read out first and not last).
As Jason has pointed out in the comments, the number being complained about is the voter registration number specifically for people to call if they don’t have English as a first language – there’s another (main) number for the rest of us.
I’ve no doubt at all that David Cameron will leave no stone unturned until this is resolved.
2 Comments
Written in green ink, by any chance?
It’s all an international conspiracy, doncha know.
The funniest part of thissituation is that the number concerned is for people who wish to speak “other languages” than English.
There is a seperate number listed for those who speak English (printed first on the registration form, if that matters to anyone) so it is hadly a surprise that English is the last option on the “other languages” line.