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本文是 2022 年证人研讨会的记录,主题是英国公众给政治家写信。从 20 世纪 70 年代初至今,见证人在这一问题上积累了丰富的经验。安吉-威廉姆斯(Angie Williams)分享了她为工党领袖埃德-米利班德(Ed Miliband)和杰里米-科尔宾(Jeremy Corbyn)处理信件的经验。金诺克勋爵(尼尔-金诺克 Neil Kinnock)讲述了作为国会议员和工党领袖接收信件的感受。戴维-贝金汉姆(David Beckingham)讲述了他在特雷莎-梅和鲍里斯-约翰逊领导下的第 10 号政治办公室的工作经历。帕金森勋爵(斯蒂芬-帕金森 Stephen Parkinson)也讲述了他在内政部和唐宁街为梅工作的经历。卡米拉-杰基尔(Camilla Jequier)解释了她为两名保守党议员处理信件的职责。探讨的问题包括试图利用信件来衡量民意、从信件到电子邮件的转变、随信附上的礼物、有精神健康问题的通信者、死亡威胁以及信件中的情感因素。证人的经历相似或重叠。大家一致认为,信件往往被错误地引导,或以不可能有结果的方式措辞。这可能是公民教育的失败。
This article represents the transcript of a 2022 witness seminar on the theme of members of the British public writing to politicians. Collectively, the witnesses have experience of this issue dating from the early 1970s through to the present day. Angie Williams shares her experience of handling correspondence for Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn as leaders of the Labour Party. Lord Kinnock (Neil Kinnock) describes what it was like to receive correspondence both as an MP and as Labour Party leader. David Beckingham relates his experience working in the Number 10 Political Office under Theresa May and Boris Johnson. Lord Parkinson (Stephen Parkinson) also gives a perspective on May, for whom he worked both at the Home Office and in Downing Street. Camilla Jequier explains her role dealing with correspondence for two Conservative MPs. The issues explored include attempts to use correspondence to measure public opinion, the shift from letters to email, gifts enclosed with letters, correspondents with mental health issues, death threats, and the emotional dimensions of correspondence. The witnesses had similar or overlapping experiences. There was agreement that correspondence is often misdirected or phrased in ways that are unlikely to be productive. This may point to a failure of citizenship education.