LibDem candidates come out against anti-web-locker proposal
25 potential Parliamentary candidates from the UK Liberal Democrats have signed an open letter opposing the LibDem Lords' web-censorship proposal to allow courts to ban web-lockers. (Thanks, Mark!)
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Is that because the Lords are not elected?
@dainel That has nothing to do with it, and theoretically at least, lords should be under less pressure from special interest groups like the music industry as they don't need money for campaigns
I'll certainly be writing to my Lib Dem candidate to encourage him to sign the letter. It's good to see MPs standing up against bad legislation even though their party supports it.
The impression I get is that the party doesn't support it (at least at a grass roots level) - 2 Lords supported it.
I'm not saying that's great, but it'll be interesting to see how it plays out over the next few days - stuff can't turn as instantly as the internet would like it to.
Also, to put it in context, this amendment did get rid of a far worse version that would have let Peter Mandleson make up whatever rules he wanted without consulting Parliament. So it was a step in the right direction, even if it wasn't a big enough step.
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