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The Conservative Party.

The Conservative Party has been desperately trying to rebrand itself. It’s a modern ‘caring’ party. This isn’t the party that fucked over half the country during the 1980s, oh no! It’s not the party of Section 28 any more. At a first glance, you could believe it. David Cameron has spent a lot of time [...]

Posted 03 May 2010 † John § ‡ Comments (0) °

Digital Economy? Disingenuous Explanation.

It’s election time in the UK. This will probably not be the last political post I make here in the next few weeks. At least this one is still heavily tech-related. It’s about the Digital Economy Act, which I wrote an angry letter to my MP about. (Incidentally – no response to that latter, although [...]

Posted 15 April 2010 † John § Cryptography § Hosting § Psychology § Security § Social § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Letter to Willie Rennie, MP for Dunfermline and West Fife

Dear Willie Rennie, I’m deeply disturbed that despite a three-page letter you sent in reply to my query concerning the controversial Digital Economy Bill, you did not make the effort to attend the second reading of this bill on the evening of the 6th of April. This bill is being pushed through despite potentially draconian [...]

Posted 07 April 2010 † John § ‡ Comments (2) °