Erik Ribsskog
<eribsskog@gmail.com>
PHSO Enquiry
Erik Ribsskog
<eribsskog@gmail.com>
Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 4:33 PM
To:
Phso Enquiries <Phso.Enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk>
Cc:
Postmottak Sivilombudsmannen <postmottak@sivilombudsmannen.no>
Hi,
thank you for your e-mail.
I send about this to the Norwegian Ombudsman then.
I used to be in the Conservative Youth Party, in Norway, you see.
And the MP here in Walton is a Labour Party-politician.
But now with the EU and the EEA, I guess the Norwegian Ombudsman can deal with this.
Hope this is alright!
Thanks again for the e-mail.
Best regards,
Erik Ribsskog
PS.
The Norwegian Ombudsman never do anything with the many cases I send them.
The Norwegian Ombudsman never do anything with the many cases I send them.
But I think it's a bit strange that I has to send about this an MP.
I've been in contact with the PHSO earlier, and I can't remember that I had to send about the case to an MP then.
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Phso Enquiries <Phso.Enquiries@ombudsman.org.
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