The Mountain Rescue England & Wales campaign to get HM Government to waive VAT for MR and ALSAR teams got the backing this week of Private Eye.

As they comment;

Gordon Brown waived VAT at a stroke for the Simon Cowell produced celebrity cover version of Everybody Hurts to raise funds for Haiti. The mountain rescuers don’t begrudge the earthquake victims a penny; but they wonder why the government can’t do the same for them.

Maybe it’s time for us all to start contacting the prospective candidates for our constituencies getting their support for after the election?