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Re:What Is the Most Minimal UK Address Possible? by ClapperHeid on Thursday March 02, 2023 @08:58AM (#34995672)
...and, if you write to a member of parliament at the Houses of Parliament, you don't have to use a stamp.

So presumably...

<MP name>

HP

...with no stamp on the envelope could theoretically work.

Now, which MP has the shortest name?

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Re:What Is the Most Minimal UK Address Possible? by voisin on Thursday March 02, 2023 @10:41AM (#34997028)
No stamp required is due to “Franking privileges”. Same as in Canada.
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Re:What Is the Most Minimal UK Address Possible? by chipsa on Thursday March 02, 2023 @07:09PM (#35003920)
US Congress people also have “franking privileges” but it only applies to outbound, not inbound mail.
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Re:What Is the Most Minimal UK Address Possible? by billpg on Thursday March 02, 2023 @12:04PM (#34998408)
Ed Davey, Tom Hunt, Rupa Huq, Ben Lake, Ian Levy, Alan Mak, Lia Nici, Naz Shah.

I daresay "A Mak" or "R Huq" would work too.

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Re:What Is the Most Minimal UK Address Possible? by Y_Y on Thursday March 02, 2023 @01:46PM (#34999971)
Since not including a stamp should imply it's for an MP maybe it would be enough to choose a unique short name. I think there's more than one Ed, but Lia or Naz should be sufficient.
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Re:What Is the Most Minimal UK Address Possible? by ClapperHeid on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:19PM (#35058956)
Actually, thinking about it "PM" should be sufficent to address it to the Prime Minister. So...

PM

HP

Might work. Maybe I should go and parcel up some dogshit and try it.

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Re:What Is the Most Minimal UK Address Possible? by YurgenJurgensen on Thursday March 02, 2023 @12:32PM (#34998866)
Can we go shorter? The Director General of MI6 traditionally has the designator 'C'. This probably wouldn't work anywhere in the UK, but if you dropped it off at a Post Office near Vauxhall Cross, they'd probably figure out what you meant.
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Re:What Is the Most Minimal UK Address Possible? by agreement5051 on Thursday March 02, 2023 @07:40PM (#35004182)
Do you have a source for that? I could only find this, which seems to say the opposite: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/218301/response/54314...
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