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Open source and Schools
After reading Peter’s post on this subject I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. In a previous life I worked at a school as a webby-techie sort. This was back in the days before fast internet and the school had serious problems with the speed of the internet with all the children surfing for…
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FPTP, AV, and PR
Yesterday saw the announcement of details of the coalition government’s plan for a voting reform referendum. As suspected true proportional representation (PR) isn’t on the table. Instead the choice is between the current first past the post (FPTP) system and the proposed alternative vote (AV) system. What is FPTP? This is relatively simple, and is…
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Copyright and Patent reform
I’ve just read a great post by a fellow PPUKer on Copyrights and Patents, which is well worth a read before you continue reading my post here. Despite wanting to make non-commercial file-sharing legal, that doesn’t mean the Pirate Party UK wants to allow things such as counterfeiting and people profiting from other people’s works without proper…
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First footsteps into regional administration
Having recently been elected to the august post of Regional Administrative Officer for the South East, I have been taking a more active role in the Pirate Party. Last Sunday (and any reason other than the England v Germany result to remember the day by is most welcome) I chaired a South East regional meeting…
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flattr
If you haven’t heard about it, and that’s ok as it’s still really new, flattr is a social micro-payment service. In simple terms it provides a means for creative individuals to receive payment from fans of their creations, although in practice the flattr system is far from being a conventional form of payment. As a…
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Hung Parliaments, Unelected Leaders, and Proportional Representation
I voted in the 2010 General Election (if you’re reading this in the future and there were two General Elections in 2010 then I’m referring to the one in May) and have been watching the unfolding politics with interest and a lot of frustration. It isn’t the unfolding process that irritates me, instead it is…
