‘Yes To AV’ Poster for http://www.takebackparliament.com/sites/takebackparliament/index.php/blog/wanted-posters-to-win-the-yes-campaign/ UPDATE: Here’s another -

Alternative Vote is a terrible voting system for the election of our representatives. It’s hardly any better than the hugely undemocratic FPTP system we use now. So it may be surprising for me to then say that I’ll be campaigning in favour of it in the upcoming Referendum next year, but that’s exactly what I’ll [...]

Today @PaulJChambers was found guilty of a criminal offence contrary to s127 Communications Act 2003, which makes it a strict liability (i.e. you’re guilty if you just did the act of it, regardless of circumstance) offence to make “”indecent, obscene or menacing” messages via a telecommunication network. Originally he was charged under Criminal Law Act [...]

Julian Lewis, Tory incumbent for New Forest East, last week made some remarks that many people were understandably pissed off by. With many calling for him to be sacked from the Tory Party — who according to Cameron aren’t homophobes any more — even Alan Johnson called for the resignation. Some people thought this call [...]

On Monday afternoon, I attended a hustings at my college, with Julian Lewis, incumbent Tory for New Forest East. Shortly thereafter, I tweeted that I had “just spent an hour listening to the scaremongering of a corrupt, paranoid homophobe“ – not the first time I have declared him to be such, after I first met [...]

Today, a general election was declared. It was also the day that the human rights infringing, industry-drafted, protectionist Digital Economy Bill had its 2nd Reading in the commons, before being passed through the wholly undemocratic process of wash-up in the coming days. The controversial bill would see the death of public wi-fi, houses being disconnected [...]

Today (March 3rd), marked Day 2 of the House of Lords Report Stage on the Digital Economy Bill, a government bill which seeks to undermine due process by disconnecting the internet connections of those accused of copyright infringement, without trial; amongst other things. The bill has drawn wide criticism from all sectors of society, including [...]

Well, it’s started with a change – Coordinated Universal Time just ticked over to read 2010:01:01:00:00:00 (give or take a few seconds for however out of sync this server may be), so that’s at least one thing that’s different; but just else will be different in this coming year to the years prior?

“The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.  Beheadings, electrocutions, hangings, lethal injections, shootings and stonings have no place in the 21st century” – Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International. You’re probably not aware of it, but this morning, whilst you slept, some time around 02:30UTC; China executed a mentally ill [...]

43 Countries, 12 Official parties, 2 MEPs,  3rd biggest party in Sweden, 6th biggest party in Germany, tens of thousands of members worldwide; and all just 4 years after the founding of the original Piratpartiet in Sweden – but just what is the Pirate Party, what does it stand for, and why is it one [...]