Ben Wallace Responds
I’ve received a response to my letter about the Digital Economy Bill from my MP, Ben Wallace. Dear Mr Binns, Thank you for contacting me about the Digital Economy Bill. I understand that you are anxious that the Bill is being rushed through Parliament by the Government in advance of the General Election. The Bill [...]
Another letter to Ben Wallace
With the spectre of the Digital Economy Bill looming large for everyone, and the BPI and others lobbying to have it passed without proper parliamentary scrutiny, I decided it was time to write, once again, to my MP, Ben Wallace. Dear Mr Wallace, I’m writing to you, once again, to express my deep reservations about [...]
Response from Ben Wallace
You’ll remember that I wrote to my MP, Ben Wallace, a couple of days ago about the Digital Economy Bill. He responded by email today. I’ve not really analysed the message yet; I’ll do that tomorrow. For now, here’s the full text of the response: Dear Mr Binns, Thank you for contacting me about the [...]
Digital Economy Bollocks
I just sent the following email to my MP, Ben Wallace: Dear Mr Wallace, I am writing to you to express my grave concern about the DigitalEconomy Bill [1], which was announced during the Queen’s speech and isdue to be proposed to Parliament this week. The bill is purported to “make provision about the online [...]
Americans: Don’t Vote
I know I’m not American. I know that America is not my country. I know that, in fact, America had quite a big argument with my country a while back and we split up and did our own things for a while (but we’re friends now, so that’s okay). I know I have no right [...]
One of those analogies you won’t forget
My colleague and friend Matt Revell has a nice summary of some of the reasons for rising domestic fuel prices in the UK at the moment. A phrase that particularly caught my eye was this one: Wind power, also, is not reliable nor particularly efficient and requires generation from other sources (coal, gas, nuclear, for [...]
A godless heathen for Lib Dem leader
Excellent. Short, (enforcedly) honest and to the point: New Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has answered "no" when asked on BBC radio if he believed in God. The rapid-fire question and answer format on 5 Live meant the 40-year-old did not have the chance to elaborate. I know that a politician's religious beliefs are not [...]
Another petition for you
Another link to another petition for you, this time via BoingBoing (link) and the Open Rights Group: We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to abandon plans to create the Information Sharing Index, a national database of all children aged between birth and eighteen. You can find the petion at petitions.pm.gov.uk as usual. Right, that's [...]
Institutionalisation
Oh do fuck off, the Rt. Hon. Liam Byrne. ID cards 'to be UK institution' The identity card scheme will become a "great British institution" on a par with the railways in the 19th Century, Home Office minister Liam Byrne says.
