Email Christianity
Not long ago I happened to be invited to an upper class wedding in the depths of rural Hampshire. At the lavish reception in a grand marquee in the grounds of a lovely house, I found myself separated from my wife and seated at a table opposite a man — one of the great and good — who used to be a member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet back in the 1980s.
John Benton
His conversation moved over many topics but in particular he spoke on the way the advent of email had made a Parliamentarian’s job more burdensome. ‘In former days, to contact your MP, you had to sit down with pen and paper. You had to find an envelope and a stamp. Then a walk to the post box was required. All this slowed the process. It meant that there was plenty of time for reflection before the note was sent. But with email all that has gone.’
