[pp.int.general] Fwd: Pirate Party UK statement: Pirate Party UK enters Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election

[Jay Emerson]

Good luck!

Jay Emerson
Administrative Officer
Pirate Party of New York
On Dec 17, 2010 5:27 PM, "Jack Allnutt" <j.allnutt at pirateparty.org.uk>
wrote:
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> FYI, the PPUK leader is standing in next month's parliamentary
> by-election.
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> Wish us luck!
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> Subject: Pirate Party UK statement: Pirate Party UK enters Oldham
> East and Saddleworth by-election
> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:34:06 +0000
> From: PPUK Press Office <press at pirateparty.org.uk>
>
>
>
> This is a press release from the Pirate Party UK.
>
> It is available online here: http://ppuk.it/press.
> It can be downloaded in PDF format here: http://ppuk.it/6s.
>
> ****** Pirate Party UK enters Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election
> ******
>
> The Pirate Party UK today announces their intent to stand a candidate
> in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. Loz Kaye, the Pirate
> Party UK leader, will campaign on a platform promoting freedom of
> speech and government transparency.
>
> "People are fed up of politicians that promise one thing, then do
> another. It is vital that we can hold our representatives to account,
> and I support the rights of whistleblowers to keep citizens informed.
> We are the only party which has had the courage to openly support
> Wikileaks, and we will continue to fight for the freedom of speech and
> of the press that are required in a functioning representative
> democracy."
>
> Laurence "Loz" Kaye (40) is a professional composer and musical
> director, currently teaching at the Liverpool Institute of Performing
> Arts. He has been highly critical of the 'chilling effect' that
> existing copyright law has on composers' ability both to write music
> that truly reflects modern society and to get their music widely heard
> and appreciated.
>
> "Freedom of information on the Internet should be a fundamental
> right in the 21st century. Sadly, the media industries continue to
> push for ever more restrictive laws to combat so-called 'piracy',
> ignoring the impact on the important freedoms that make our society
> work. Remember how the Labour government claimed that anti-terrorism
> investigation powers were to be only used against terrorists, but then
> used them to spy on people who put the wrong things in their bins?
> These powers to monitor and censor information on the Internet can too
> easily be mis-used in even worse ways."
>
> The Pirate Party UK, which has recently announced its support for the
> 'Yes to AV' voting reform campaign, is critical of the short timetable
> set for the election. "This schedule seems designed to minimize voter
> engagement," says Peter Brett, the Pirate Party's Campaigns Officer.
> "With the shortest possible campaigning period, along with the large
> overlap with the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, this
> timetable will prevent many voters from hearing from candidates and
> will make it hard for candidates to put forward their case for
> election. Have the Lib Dems purposefully arranged for the local
> student population to be out of the area?"
>
> "We have all seen how little the coalition's much-touted 'big society'
> agenda and 'commitment to electoral reform means in practice,'" states
> Loz Kaye. "If they cannot even ensure that a by-election is carried
> out in a fair and balanced way, their other electoral promises in this
> area seem even more suspect."
>
> Meanwhile, the Pirate Party will be continuing to press for government
> transparency and accountability, and is one of the few parties afraid
> of neither.
>
>
> ****************************
>
> For more information on the Pirate Party, please visit our website
> (http://www.pirateparty.org.uk). If you wish to receive press statements
> from the Party at an alternate address, or no longer wish to receive
> them, please email the Press Office.
>
> Press Office
> Pirate Party UK
> http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press
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