But, just as it would be a physical impossibility for him to do so, so would it be for him to know all that was going behind the closed doors of a multitude of government departments he, on paper at least, is considered to be in control of.

Being of an understanding nature here at PHRAA, and in the knowledge that at the time of writing, Gordon Brown is still by no means the flavour of the month, either with some within his own party, nor many of the electorate. That being so, we felt that some of his troubles stemmed from the very fact above; that he doesn’t know what is going on that adversely effects many voters throughout the land. In our case, we know only too well the consequences of one such government department that have leant over backwards for so long to accommodate the demands of the park home industry that those involved are unlikely ever to be able to stand up straight again!

We know from many years experience that there are seemingly a number of routes one can take to get redress - but in practice; these are all sited in cul-de-sacs! So what next? Ye, and we of no faith thought however it just might be possible to get Gordon Brown to read a letter. With everything crossed…… but, deep down thinking, no this wont work….. Nevertheless, pen was put to paper; particularly so in writing PERSONAL in large print on the envelope. As a means of being able to prove what I really expected would actually happen; that our Prime Minister would not get his hands, let alone his eyes, on my missive. I carefully crafted the order in which it was written to ensure that a “request” was made at the end of the letter, rather than at the beginning. As I anticipated it would first be opened by an employee at No. 10, and responded to accordingly by him/her.

And it came to pass that our prayers were not answered in the senses that Mr. Brown did not learn of your and our predicament. But indeed, my hunch was ‘spot on’; that the letter would not really be read at all. Instead, a typical standard format letter; no doubt the umpteenth in a long series, was mechanically churned out in response; informing me, contrary to my request, that they had forwarded it to the very same department PHRAA has no confidence in dealing with park home issues. Although at the time of writing, no response has been received, who cares?

So, Still to this day, the Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, knows nothing about the fact that, since October 2006, women in a relationship on a park could no longer have a vote on day to day issues affecting her life there. Nor, for that matter, can one member of a mixed race couple who, lets recall, have been granted greater rights elsewhere through the Race Relations Act and subsequent amendments since 1976. These being two key issues raised. Amazingly, we still await a response from the Equality & Human Rights Commission!

I am quite certain that no Prime Minister, past or present, of any party, would allow such blatant discrimination to have become law. So how is he to find out? At the same time, he should urgently review the activities of his so -called Direct Communications Unit. Look below to discover how a “colleague” of Mr. Caine is, in real life Mr. Caine himself!!! Not the brother of Michael is he, acting in a farce this time?

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Compiled in 2008 for PHRAA by Colin Packman President. Published February 2009.