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Re: [LUG] (OT ?) DRM

 

On 20/02/07, David Johnson <dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 February 2007 10:00, Paul Sutton wrote:
> > I vote UKIP,
> > however  come up with a party that will, or will vote for anyone who
> > understands free software issues and is prepared to stand up for it.
> >
>
> http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2851

I've found that the Green Party MEPs are far better informed on this
than Lib Dems (let alone tory and nu-labour), and so have voted Green
at every European Election despite being a card carrying lib dem.

I'd really like to see cornwall county council (lib dems again) look
into how much they could save money and/or improve services by moving
to open source software, particularly if the Big Merger happens.

To be honest, the lib dems have the policies and the MPs but are
really let down by some very mediocre MEP's, Councillors and Working
Groups.

Only Simon Hughes could be bothered to answer my email about
intellectual property policies - neither Ming nor the other one could
be bothered to even acknowledge it.

There is a Lib Dem internet group - they do things related to the
party website but don't have any impact on policy as far as I can see,
there isn't a Information & Communication Technology working group in
the new policy committee thing happening and the old specialists in
engineering and science has been gathering dust for about a decade by
the looks of it.

I think there is the possibility to get involved locally but it mostly
looks like dinner parties where councillors talk with old biddies
about new flower beds in small villages, or raising funds for yet more
over-zealous campaigning to get more councillors and MPs into power
which I find rather distasteful.

I'm more interested in deciding decent policies on areas I know about,
informing the public so they can see when they are being lied to or
ripped off by government on a range of issues from the ID Cards white
elephant to BECTA and the other dodgy PPP quangos.

Cheers,

A.

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