Tag Archives: Freedom

The Open Government we Campaigned For?

This morning, Liberal Democrat supporters and others unfortunate enough to have made it onto Nick Clegg’s mailing list received an e-mail from the Deputy Prime Minister announcing the Your Freedom website.  Which is great, although a good 24 hours late. But later in the e-mail, he says: This is the open government we have long

Proxies and the Law

In light of the passing of the Digital Economy Bill, and Ben Bradshaw’s intent to push for government power to force ISPs to block sites that are “likely” to be used for copyright infringement, the government could in a few months’ time demand that ISPs block access to the likes of Wikileaks, The Pirate Bay

Dial M for Mandelson

I can’t be the only one thinking along these lines right now, so… have blog, will rant. I think Peter Mandelson has too much power. First off, he’s unelected, not having been a Member of Parliament since 2004. So how come he manages to be such a prominent figure in the Government? How is he