[Media-watch] letters to politicians + newspapers

[Sigi D]

Hi - dear Media Watch friends,
A few questions:  POLITICIANS + NEWSPAPERS
(1) from your experience - do politicians reply to
your
emails / and letters? 
(2) Does anybody know how many emails and letters an
average politician, I mean a 'normal' (not high
profile) MP gets on a day?
(3) Do we have a right to get a reply from
politicians?
(4) is anybody actually reading the emails / letters
we send to the House of Commons? And if yes, who??
(5) Has anybody else experienced rejected emails from
the House of Commons because of the email filters in
use there? I had emails sent back / blocked - that
didn't
contain bad words or indecent stuff, honestly.
And 
DAILY NEWSPAPERS:  how many letters / emails are sent
to an
editor per day? for instance say the Independent? - 
I rarely get replies - but I have a very
foreign sounding surname, whereas my friend with a
very English sounding surname gets replies - same
subject, similar letter...
Talk shop, journalists!
Regards and best wishes
Sigi

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