The Digital Economy Bill has entered the ‘wash up’ stage, with the MP taking the ‘Shoot first, ask questions later’ approach. Opting to pass the bill with all it’s flaws and amend it later. Knowing our government, this approach isn’t filling me with reassurance.

I seem to remember when the congestion charge was introduced as an experiment; when figures came back showing that it had made no difference what so ever, instead of admitting they were wrong, they increased it’s circumference. So once the money starts rolling in from all the extra charges that we will incur, I really doubt amendments will be made.

It does however seem that people’s concern have gotten through to our MPs. It has gotten a lot of media coverage online, but the lack of effort made by MPs to even show up for the crucial debate (see picture above) shows they really just don’t care.

Further reading:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/06/digital-economy-bill-conservative-support
http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/04/07/digital-economy-bill-races-finish-line/
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/technology/digital-economy-bill-lurches-towards-statute-book-$1369483.htm