25
Nov
2009
05: Hung Parliaments, Cyberlockers, Sawn-Off Shotguns and Blog Regulation
Charlotte Gore and Constantly Furious join us this week on the House of Comments Podcast to talk about some of the UK political blogosphere’s biggest stories over the past week.
Download the MP3 file, Subscribe using iTunes or listen using the player below.
We chatted about the possibility of a hung parliament, in light of a poll with the Tory lead down to only 6%, and ask what that could mean for the Lib Dems.
Lord Mandelson’s ‘Three Strikes’ policy for cutting off illegal file-sharers and cracking down on ‘cyberlockers’ is still making waves, as is the manner in which he has used statutory instruments to push the legislation through. What problem is he trying to solve, and will his plans do anything to solve it?
Paul Clarke handed in a shotgun at his local police station and now faces a possible 5 year jail sentence. Constantly Furious was pretty angry about this, whilst Jack of Kent had the most detailed account of the story.
The new Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, Baroness Buscombe, has been quoted as saying she’s interested in regulating the blogosphere, a prospect many bloggers are not happy about. We blow her a collective raspberry.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
iTunes
RSS
Follow Us On Twitter
Charlotte uncharacteristically quiet…
First time listener to these podcasts and very entertaining it was too. Nice to hear the voices behind the names CF and Charlotte Gore, never heard of the other two but will look them up. Well done to all.
TheBigYin
I like the longer run time.
Many thanks for the mention, re Paul Clarke. Very interesting discussion.