<p>Good luck! </p>
<p>Jay Emerson<br>
Administrative Officer<br>
Pirate Party of New York</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 17, 2010 5:27 PM, "Jack Allnutt" <<a href="mailto:j.allnutt@pirateparty.org.uk">j.allnutt@pirateparty.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> <br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
> Hash: SHA1<br>> <br>> FYI, the PPUK leader is standing in next month's parliamentary<br>> by-election.<br>> <br>> Wish us luck!<br>> <br>> - -------- Original Message --------<br>> Subject: Pirate Party UK statement: Pirate Party UK enters Oldham<br>
> East and Saddleworth by-election<br>> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:34:06 +0000<br>> From: PPUK Press Office <<a href="mailto:press@pirateparty.org.uk">press@pirateparty.org.uk</a>><br>> <br>> <br>
> <br>> This is a press release from the Pirate Party UK.<br>> <br>> It is available online here: <a href="http://ppuk.it/press">http://ppuk.it/press</a>.<br>> It can be downloaded in PDF format here: <a href="http://ppuk.it/6s">http://ppuk.it/6s</a>.<br>
> <br>> ****** Pirate Party UK enters Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election<br>> ******<br>> <br>> The Pirate Party UK today announces their intent to stand a candidate<br>> in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. Loz Kaye, the Pirate<br>
> Party UK leader, will campaign on a platform promoting freedom of<br>> speech and government transparency.<br>> <br>> "People are fed up of politicians that promise one thing, then do<br>> another. It is vital that we can hold our representatives to account,<br>
> and I support the rights of whistleblowers to keep citizens informed.<br>> We are the only party which has had the courage to openly support<br>> Wikileaks, and we will continue to fight for the freedom of speech and<br>
> of the press that are required in a functioning representative<br>> democracy."<br>> <br>> Laurence "Loz" Kaye (40) is a professional composer and musical<br>> director, currently teaching at the Liverpool Institute of Performing<br>
> Arts. He has been highly critical of the 'chilling effect' that<br>> existing copyright law has on composers' ability both to write music<br>> that truly reflects modern society and to get their music widely heard<br>
> and appreciated.<br>> <br>> "Freedom of information on the Internet should be a fundamental<br>> right in the 21st century. Sadly, the media industries continue to<br>> push for ever more restrictive laws to combat so-called 'piracy',<br>
> ignoring the impact on the important freedoms that make our society<br>> work. Remember how the Labour government claimed that anti-terrorism<br>> investigation powers were to be only used against terrorists, but then<br>
> used them to spy on people who put the wrong things in their bins?<br>> These powers to monitor and censor information on the Internet can too<br>> easily be mis-used in even worse ways."<br>> <br>> The Pirate Party UK, which has recently announced its support for the<br>
> 'Yes to AV' voting reform campaign, is critical of the short timetable<br>> set for the election. "This schedule seems designed to minimize voter<br>> engagement," says Peter Brett, the Pirate Party's Campaigns Officer.<br>
> "With the shortest possible campaigning period, along with the large<br>> overlap with the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, this<br>> timetable will prevent many voters from hearing from candidates and<br>
> will make it hard for candidates to put forward their case for<br>> election. Have the Lib Dems purposefully arranged for the local<br>> student population to be out of the area?"<br>> <br>> "We have all seen how little the coalition's much-touted 'big society'<br>
> agenda and 'commitment to electoral reform means in practice,'" states<br>> Loz Kaye. "If they cannot even ensure that a by-election is carried<br>> out in a fair and balanced way, their other electoral promises in this<br>
> area seem even more suspect."<br>> <br>> Meanwhile, the Pirate Party will be continuing to press for government<br>> transparency and accountability, and is one of the few parties afraid<br>> of neither.<br>
> <br>> <br>> ****************************<br>> <br>> For more information on the Pirate Party, please visit our website<br>> (<a href="http://www.pirateparty.org.uk">http://www.pirateparty.org.uk</a>). If you wish to receive press statements<br>
> from the Party at an alternate address, or no longer wish to receive<br>> them, please email the Press Office.<br>> <br>> Press Office<br>> Pirate Party UK<br>> <a href="http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press">http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press</a><br>
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