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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. Looking through the policies on the page provided and through any archive of parliament questions you will see that no...
[June 24, 2005, 9:39]
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]
The Poverty Of Liberal Economics
White Papers Liberal economic precepts have long been a foundation for the social science of poverty and continue to profoundly influence public policy. Liberal economics contends that poverty is dependent on the harmonious progress of economic growth, free...
[June 24, 2005, 0:00]
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 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 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 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 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]
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 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]
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]
MP: ID Card Scheme Is 'doomed To Failure'
News The UK government's ID cards scheme has attracted heavy criticism from a senior Liberal Democrat MP, following the publication last month of an official report into a pilot biometrics programme. Nick Clegg MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Home...
[January 15, 2007, 12:36]
Cybercrime-fighting MP To Step Down
News The UK Parliament is set to lose one of its most tech-savvy politicians and IT champions at the forthcoming general election when Liberal Democrat MP Richard Allan stands down. Allan has been MP for Sheffield Hallam since he was first elected in...
[April 11, 2005, 10:45]
Lib Dems Tackle IR35 In Tax Review
News Contractors will have a chance during October to influence Liberal Democrat policy on the IR35 tax regulation, as the party launches a review of their taxation policies. The public is invited to comment before 31 October, and the party plans to...
[September 30, 2005, 17:00]
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]
Why Killing 80,000 Desktops Is Worse Than Careless
News Following the news on Friday that around 80,000 desktop machines may have crashed in the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) following a routine upgrade, ZDNet UK spoke with the Liberal Democrat IT spokesperson Richard Allan MP about the dangers...
[November 26, 2004, 14:15]
EDS: The Single Point Of Failure
Leader That was the reaction from Liberal Democrat IT spokesperson Richard Allan to the spectacular desktop crash at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) last week. As the Liberal Democrats' Allan points out: "To be able to make this kind of mistake...
[November 29, 2004, 12:35]
Lib Dems Brand 2007 'worst Ever Year' For Privacy
News Research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that 37 million items of personal data went missing during last year. Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, branded 2007 as the "worst ever year" for personal privacy.
[January 8, 2008, 15:10]
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]
