Following on from my previous post, the fallout from the sheer apathy towards the discussion of the Digital Economy bill is, in my opinion, quite justified.
Given the significance of the bill and what it means (and the path if paves for further actions against freedom of speech on the internet) it is deplorable that so few politicians could even be bothered to turn up and discuss it.
More feedback can be observed at
BBC – Digital Election, day one
Debillitated (heaps of images, bandwidth intensive)
And if you’re wondering whether your mp was one of the 600+ that failed to turn up for work you can check on this page.
Mine didn’t. And I very much look forward to asking him why when he hits his campaign trail hoping to secure my vote.
I already find it hard to care about the forthcoming election.