Comments on: Parliament to the people: screw you … http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/ A barrister gossips & rants on intellectual property law, the legal system and civil liberties. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:29:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Geeklawyer http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/#comment-11368 Geeklawyer Thu, 24 May 2007 21:02:50 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/#comment-11368 Of course my editorial independence is hideously compromised by taking your sponsorship dosh. If Freeth Cartwright set up a grisly trog I will have to lay off a Watson Farley Williams style kicking or risk next year's sponsorship. arghh, fuck. Outmanoeuvred yet again ... Of course my editorial independence is hideously compromised by taking your sponsorship dosh. If Freeth Cartwright set up a grisly trog I will have to lay off a Watson Farley Williams style kicking or risk next year’s sponsorship. arghh, fuck.

Outmanoeuvred yet again …

]]> By: Alex http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/#comment-11337 Alex Thu, 24 May 2007 09:49:56 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/#comment-11337 Surely our excellence is demonstrated by our sponsoring of Lawblog 2007! :mrgreen: And if you can encourage that attitude more widely, you should be in for a bonanza of sponsorship offers from law firm bloggers for Lawblog 2008. Surely our excellence is demonstrated by our sponsoring of Lawblog 2007! :mrgreen: And if you can encourage that attitude more widely, you should be in for a bonanza of sponsorship offers from law firm bloggers for Lawblog 2008.

]]> By: James http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/#comment-11209 James Wed, 23 May 2007 08:17:44 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/#comment-11209 Yes, they tried hard to talk it out of session. You would think waffling on was something that comes naturally for a politician. There are some signs that Gordon is looking for a compromise, being a private members bill he could clip it's wings without it adding too much dirt to his neo-labor machine. Despite the number of labor ministers who voted for it. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that he is a nicer man than my aura of cynicism predicts. Yes, they tried hard to talk it out of session. You would think waffling on was something that comes naturally for a politician.

There are some signs that Gordon is looking for a compromise, being a private members bill he could clip it’s wings without it adding too much dirt to his neo-labor machine. Despite the number of labor ministers who voted for it.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed that he is a nicer man than my aura of cynicism predicts.

]]> By: scott http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/#comment-11060 scott Tue, 22 May 2007 11:14:41 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/05/21/parliament-to-the-people-screw-you/#comment-11060 Lib dems (bless 'em) have launched a petition against this, and are asking Gordie and Davie to sign up http://www.ourcampaign.org.uk/foi. According to Ed Davey: “There should not be one law for MPs and one for everyone else. Exempting politicians from Freedom of Information requests only adds to the public perception of Parliament being opaque and clouded in secrecy. “If Gordon Brown is serious about reforming our democracy this is his first real test. If David Cameron is serious about new politics now is the time to show real leadership rather than grandstanding.” Lib dems (bless ‘em) have launched a petition against this, and are asking Gordie and Davie to sign up http://www.ourcampaign.org.uk/foi.
According to Ed Davey:

“There should not be one law for MPs and one for everyone else. Exempting politicians from Freedom of Information requests only adds to the public perception of Parliament being opaque and clouded in secrecy.

“If Gordon Brown is serious about reforming our democracy this is his first real test. If David Cameron is serious about new politics now is the time to show real leadership rather than grandstanding.”

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