Public consultation on UK's Digital Economy Act was a sham

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by omh • 15 years ago

32 27 15 years ago

I know, I complained to my Member of Parliament when she didn't show up to the meeting in Westminster when it was being passed, and explained how important that I felt that she should not allow this act to pass and then I realised she was Labour and didn't give a shit and probably ignored my email.

timclark• 15 years ago

I got the same brush off from my Conservative MP.

z3032• 15 years ago

and I got the same treatment from my LibDem, the reply back said they lacked the numbers to stop the bill, so he was not even going to turn up for the vote.

nona• 15 years ago

Tell him you'll make sure he'll lack the numbers to get elected.

semanticist• 15 years ago

I got exactly the same response from my LibDem MP - he felt it was more important to be out campaigning. Guy lost his seat, which made me happy.

rlpb• 15 years ago

I feel that with the public having voted against AV, the opportunity to improve the situation has been lost. MPs simply don't care about individual voters unless they form the majority. Therefore they currently care about less than a half of the electorate, and this is only to be expected.

pointyhat3• 15 years ago

Isn't everything that comes out of the government in the last few years, regarless of Labour or Conservative rule?

Same agenda, different face.

MattBearman• 15 years ago

That's how I felt in the last election: Which middle-class twat do I vote for...

djm5• 15 years ago

I know what you're feeling. I have never exercised my right to vote in a general election for the simple reason that, since I have been old enough to vote, the mainstream political parties have all been close to the center idealogically. I didn't see any point in using my vote. If I ever do it will probably be a tactical vote to try and prevent an extremist party (right or left) from gaining traction.

omh2• 15 years ago

Our government pretended to listen to us while it decided with business, behind closed doors, what law to pass. Then it ignored what the public said. Then it passed the bill at the very last minute, without any real debate, and without even pretending that most MPs had read it.

But the most worrying thing is that nobody thinks this is unusual. Apparently this is just the way things have to be.

wladimir2• 15 years ago

Same agenda, different face

That seems to be the common pattern in democracies these days. You either vote the devil you know or the other devil you know... And if they do promise change it's forgotten as soon as the election is over.

nodata2• 15 years ago

Seems to be common in two-party democracies anyway.

I say scrap political parties, it's not like they stick to their roots or make sense anyway.

Edit: by two-party democracies I mean democracies where there is only a real choice between the two main parties, and these two main parties pretty much never change.

djm5• 15 years ago

if they do promise change it's forgotten as soon as the election is over

I largely agree with your sentiment but I think it's important to consider that with our current government it is not reasonable that we should expect them to adhere to election manifesto promises.

We have a coalition government because no single party was elected with a majority vote. The government results from a compromise between the two parties and thus their election manifestos should be considered void.

It's because of this that I feel a little sorry for Nick Clegg over the student tuition thing - the public have held him accountable for a promise that should be considered void since he wasn't elected.

jdietrich• 15 years ago

What does the word 'democracy' mean in a society where an unelected member of the cabinet is allowed to force through legislation unopposed? Setting aside the debate over the electoral system, what does your vote count for when so much power is held by unelected peers, civil servants and 'advisers'?

Public consultation on UK's Digital Economy Act was a sham

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