[ source:  http://gizmodo.com/5567094/new-bill-would-give-the-president-an-internet-kill-switch ]

A new bill in the US Senate would, if passed, create a "kill switch," allowing for the government to shut down or control parts of the ( Read more... )

Guardian Article about David Cameron and and the married couples tax allowance.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7096786.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2

 This here web app will allow you to tell all mp's currently listed as twitter users exaclty what you think of them and how the Digital Economy Bill is being (as we speak) waved through Parliment !

http://pestermp.appspot.com/

I don't know how much good it will do, but I have done it !

I just wrote to an MP for the second time in two weeks. Prior to this I have NEVER written to a Member of Parliament about ANYTHING ( Read more... )

http://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/disconnectionRead more... )

Well, it made me laugh. Particularly the very end. One minute long

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What did he do to confirm my suspcions ?

The leader of the Conservative Party was forced to apologise this morning after swearing twice during a live radio interview.
In an apparent bid to prove that he was not out of touch, David Cameron appeared on the Christian O’Connell show on Absolute Radio to discuss his life outside Westminster. He ( Read more... )

“It might be enforceable in a court of law, but it’s not enforceable in the court of public opinion, and that’s where the government steps in.”

uhm WHAT?

To put the comment in context, what the Minister of Justice was referring to, is the current situation where a Royal Bank of Scotland CEO is going to take early retirement, (at 50) and his contract ( Read more... )

To celebreate Lincon's Bicentennial, the US treasury is issuing four different new version of the penny ( Read more... )