Post offices in Parliament to escape Royal Mail axe

[TrueBlueTerrier]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ ... article.do

Jason Beattie, Chief Political Correspondent
20.02.08

All three post offices in the Houses of Parliament are to escape the mass cull of London branches, the Standard can reveal.


The Royal Mail has provoked outrage after announcing plans to axe 169 post offices in the City.

But it has decided to exempt the offices in the Commons despite them being separated by only a few 100 metres.

MPs today accused the Royal Mail of "hypocrisy". They claim the decision to keep Parliament's branches open makes of mockery of the criteria being used by the Royal Mail which says branches can be axed as long as there is another one within a mile.

Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake said the Royal Mail should look again at its plans.

He said: "What is good for the goose should be good for the gander. I cannot fathom why, when MPs have three post offices within 100 metres of each other, and some people have none within a kilometre of them, the latter were shut.

He added: "It seems as though Members' Priority Service has won the day again."

A fifth of the London network will be axed by this summer.

A spokesman for the Royal Mail said the branches in Parliament were crown post offices and were part of the directly-managed national network.

[andy2007]

Can the Locals use the Crown Post Offices in Parliament?
Somehow, I doubt that they can. The fact is, that MPs are the least likley to be adversley affected by Post Office Cutbacks. I can understand how they might need ONE Post Office within Parliament, for Security Reasons, but 3!?!?!?

This is sickening!!!!!

[Lounge Lizard]

Can the Locals use the Crown Post Offices in Parliament?
Somehow, I doubt that they can. The fact is, that MPs are the least likley to be adversley affected by Post Office Cutbacks. I can understand how they might need ONE Post Office within Parliament, for Security Reasons, but 3!?!?!?

This is sickening!!!!!

Well, it's always one law for them and one for everyone else. They had near 24 hour drinking in the Strangers Bar while we had the shortest licensing hours anywhere from the First World War until a year or two ago.

[Stormproof]

Lets face it most of the lot in parliament live in Cloud Cuckoo Land, the majority went to Public Schools then on to University(before fees) and then straight onto a government job somewhere, they have'nt got a clue how the 'little people' live. They probably don't even use the Post Office and it won't be long before all there stuff becomes part of DSA like most of the governments post.