Tag archive for ‘letter’
My Digital Economy Bill letter to the the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee
Dear Lords and Ladies of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee I’m writing to ask you to represent the voice of UK citizens during the passage through the House of Lords of the Government’s Digital Economy Bill. I am deeply concerned by the measures this Bill would introduce, and given that my MP [...]
Mandelson dooms Britain’s digital economy
Flying in the face of reason, evidence, society, human rights, Europe and the conclusions of its own Digital Britain report, the Government yesterday announced legislation to disconnect from the Internet anyone accused of copyright infringement online. No, that isn’t a typo, you read correctly: accused. Not guilty. Accused. There’s more: today Cory Doctorow claimed on [...]
Twitter trashes Guardian gag-order in Carter-Ruck case
Legal firm Carter-Ruck has lost a secret battle to keep from public scrutiny the actions of its client the multi-national oil traders Trafigura. In a masterful display of political and media manoeuvring the Guardian led a charge of the blog-brigade against an injunction preventing the newspaper from reporting Parliamentary proceedings relating to the case. In [...]
UK subjects will be compelled to submit to ID cards
To: Alan Powell, Editor, The Star Dear Sir James Hall is wrong to claim ID cards will be voluntary (Letters, 10 June). Sheffield residents won’t be forced onto the National Identity Register directly, unless they’re from outside the European Economic Area, however the Government intends to make it impossible for us to live without an [...]
My letter to my MP on terrorism and detention without charge
Dear Alun Michael MP, I am writing to ask you to vote against the government’s plans to extend from 28 to 42 days the period for which suspects can be interned in the UK. I am not afraid of terrorism and I don’t want my representatives to be afraid on my behalf. I understand that [...]