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

[Erik Lönroth]

Good luck!

/Erik

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Jay Emerson <jemers2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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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