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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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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…
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Happy birthday, dear Copyright, happy birthday to you.
Three hundred years ago, today, Copyright was born. Conceived in 1709 the Statute of Anne, as it is sometimes known, came into force on 10th April 1710. Despite going by the nickname of Copyright Act 1709 it was born with the much grander appellation: ‘An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies…