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Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
News European politicians representing parties including the UK's Liberal Democrats have been accused of acting against party policy in a recent vote over the software patent directive. Hartmut Pilch, the president of Foundation for a Free Information...
[June 23, 2005, 16:00]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback Apparently the Liberal Democrats do have some IT related policies, they just don't know about them or choose to ignore them. These policies also don't appear on any official party website or even the affiliated Liberal Democrats Scientists and...
[June 24, 2005, 9:39]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback To state "that Liberal Democrats have behaved in a "schizophrenic" manner over the patent directive" only reveals his ignorance of the disease and discounts the struggle it is to live life every day as a schizophrenic.
[June 26, 2005, 21:31]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback How do we "crash" the EU? Very simple. If the UK withdraws then the EU is finished. The €4bn hole we would kick in the EU budget would completely cripple the whole organisation. The CAP would have to go and there would be riots in France as the...
[June 24, 2005, 22:06]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback Errr, all that needs to be done to make the EU work is to kick out company (sponsored) lobbiest and politicians who listen to such people. The only problem is how to accomplish that and maintain that.
[June 24, 2005, 23:56]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback Uh yeah, how exactly would the EU be abandoned? Its an advanced trade organisation overseaing trillions of pounds worth of commerce. Sure the UK could 'go it alone' but with around 2/3 are real trade being with EU countries then they could easily...
[June 24, 2005, 18:20]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback The EP is out of order by even considering sw patents at this point. The EC could not have included the CIID as an A-item, as it claims. Due to objections by representatives of member states. The EP needs to send this back to the EC until such time...
[June 27, 2005, 14:04]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback Well this shows that EU don't work. Solutiuon. Abandon EU now. In evey way say no to this corrupt goverment that more and more like a country called China.
[June 24, 2005, 11:01]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback I would like to hear ASAP what the EU politicians will do now that once again it turns out that plenty of them are being seriously misinformed in ways that clearly effects the way they vote. It's my understanding that such misinformation with such...
[June 23, 2005, 22:16]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
Talkback I'll admit (anonymously) that I voted LibDem in the elections, and now which I had not. I liked the outcome but the Lib Dems are rubbish, they're so flaky when it comes to decisions. What a bunch of lily-livered pansies
[June 23, 2005, 18:30]
Labour accused of hacking Lib Dem email
News A Labour Party employee hacked into the Liberal Democrats' email system, obtaining confidential policy information which was then leaked to the Guardian, according to a confidential Liberal Democrat memo.
[October 10, 2000, 13:03]
Election 2001: Fight isn't over for IR35
News The Liberal Democrats will keep up the fight against the government's controversial IR35 tax after the general election, and are hoping to change some of its most unpopular aspects. Both major opposition parties opposed the tax which came into...
[May 23, 2001, 17:21]
MP: ID card scheme is 'doomed to failure'
News The Liberal Democrats maintain that the study, entitled "Project IRIS Pilot Review Report", shows serious problems with the proposed ID cards scheme, which will rely on biometric identification. As well as the alleged poor performance of biometrics...
[January 15, 2007, 12:36]
Labour wins tech policy poll
News While the tech industry rates Labour's manifesto e-commerce pledges above the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, it has given it a vote of no-confidence for its digital policies overall. In a virtual poll at Internet World UK 2001, Labour's...
[June 7, 2001, 17:35]
Government overspends on IT by £1bn
News The Liberal Democrats have blasted the Government for overspending on IT projects by over £1bn in the last five years. On Thursday the Liberal Democrats also severely criticised the estimated government spend on its controversial ID Cards scheme...
[May 11, 2007, 17:53]
Lib Dems criticise 'shambolic' DNA database
News The Liberal Democrats party has said it has evidence that the DNA database is not helping to solve crimes. The Liberal Democrats also highlighted findings that about 850,000 people on the DNA database have no criminal record, and that, since its...
[December 4, 2008, 6:30]
Lib Dems call for data guardians
News The Liberal Democrats want to create 'data guardians', charged with protecting the information rights of the consumer and the citizen. The data-protection minister, currently Michael Wills MP, would have new powers to echo that independent advocacy...
[August 21, 2008, 9:17]
HMRC tax-credit losses approach £10bn
News The cost of flaws in the UK's tax-credit system has risen to almost £10bn, according to the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats said the quarterly figures released by HM Revenue & Customs show that the government has failed to hit its target...
[May 23, 2008, 9:29]
Lib Dems back Labour's choice of e-minister
News Despite lacking a technology background, Douglas Alexander could prove to be a successful e-minister thanks to his influential position within the Labour Party, according to the opposition Liberal Democrats.
[June 13, 2001, 15:06]
ID cards bill scrapes through
News With 25 Labour rebels lining up with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to vote against the plan, the bill was passed but with a slim majority of 309 votes to 284. Along with the amendment, the Liberal Democrats' attempt to refer the bill back...
[October 20, 2005, 10:05]
