Thanks for emailing! Just one more thing...

Thanks for sending an email to Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority. Your email will help remind the FSA that it needs to act in the interest of the public on the issue of food speculation. 

One more thing…

We want the FSA to really feel the impact of public pressure, so would you be able to follow up your email with a phone call?

The phone number is 020 7066 1000.

We understand that this might be a daunting thing to do, but it only needs to be a very quick call. And if you are going to do it, it's probably best to do it straight away while you remember. 

Things you might want to say when you call

• You are following up on an email you’ve just sent to Lord Turner
• You are really concerned about food speculation which is driving high prices and fuelling hunger and poverty across the world
• They need to put the public interest over the interests of the banks 
• They need to ask the government to support ‘position limits’ in EU discussions. (Position limits are the most the effective way to tackle food speculation as it limits the amount that financial speculators can bet on food prices)

A few other things to consider

• The FSA lobbying for industry was covered in the Guardian recently.
• The UN and OECD said last year: 'Almost all researchers agree that non-commercial participation [ie financial speculation] in futures markets may amplify price movements [ie exacerbate price spikes] in the short term.'
• In the last six months of 2010 alone, 44 million people were pushed into extreme poverty by rising food prices – equivalent to two in every three people in the UK. 
• The average UK household’s food bill has risen by £134 in the last year. 

But remember that the person you speak to will probably be a receptionist, so don't get into a long discussion. The main thing is for them to tell their bosses that lots of people have been calling about this. 

It would be really good for us to know how many people have made the call and how it went. So, once you've called please leave a comment below telling us how you got on!