The people that brought you Fax Your MP have been busy. Yesterday they launched the beta version of Write to Them, which enables you to contact not just your local MP but local Councillors, MEPs, MSPs, and Welsh and London Assembly Members for free. But before anyone is even remotely tempted to use this new tool, or to tell all your friends about the service, there are several sensible points which the designers would like you to bear in mind:

• Do not give people text to paste into their messages.
• Don’t spam people either.
• Don’t supply people with a postcode to use.
• If you’re talking to an international audience, stress that only people living in the UK should use the service.
• If you’re talking to a very large audience, please try to let Write to Them know in advance.
• Be considerate.
• If in doubt, ask them first.