And so nearly THREE WEEKS have passed since we wrote to Tory MP Nadine Dorries at her parliament.uk email address and asked her to explain why she plans to table another Termination of Pregnancy Bill.
We wrote Nadine a very civilised letter on this topic, if we say so ourselves.
Have we had a civilised response?
Have we had any response at all?
We have not.
We have been ignored.
Well - we were directed by somebody other than Nadine to a little comments page on Nadine's site. She rants on about this site on that page for a bit. She also took the opportunity presented by the recent saving of a baby at 22 weeks' gestation to rattle on about God and Stevie Wonder (Nadine is - meaning no disrepect - no great ambassador for subtlety) and the joys of a pro-life perspective. No mention, alas, of providing decent wages or benefits for the women she wants to force to give birth.
Ah well.
It is beginning to occur to us that Nadine isn't one of your big strategic thinkers. We're starting to suspect that the reason she hasn't responded to our concerns is that she can't.
We'll try again. Bugger it.