Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject: Ministry of Truth
part 1 of 6
this is brilliant
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A MUST SEE
Director Richard Symons delves into the accountability of British democracy. Interviews conducted with over 50 MPs, Journalists and others lead Symons to try and create a new legal statute - THE MISREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE'S ACT.
theres a site to go with it, http://www.ministry-of-truth.net/ , so after you've watched the documentary check to see if your member of parliament has signed the bill - mine hasn't, nor has galloway! i'm going to email mine today
when's the next bit?? I thought it was finished, the bill went through on October 17th as an early day motion by Adam Pryce and no-one signed it. Great day for democracy!
i had an email from the number 10 epetition site earlier regarding this ...
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We received a petition asking:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to demonstrate his commitment to accountability and honesty by supporting the Elected Representatives (Prohibition of Deception) Bill, being introduced by Adam Price MP, Carmarthen East & Dinefwr, and holding an emergency debate on the issue."
Details of Petition:
"The representatives we elect should be held to account through independent, impartial, legal redress for making deliberately misrepresentative and misleading statements, in the same way we, the electorate, are via legislation such as the Financial Services Act, the Trade Descriptions Act, and the Property Mis-descriptions Act. We also invite the Prime Minister, his Party and the rest of our elected representatives to show their support by signing EDM 2091."
Read the Government's response
The Elected Representatives (Prohibition of Deception) Bill introduced by Adam Price MP with the intention of creating offences in relation to the publication of false or misleading statements by elected representatives had its first reading in the House of Commons on 17 October 2007 and it was subsequently dropped. However, elected representatives are not above the law and should they commit an offence, such as the criminal offence of deception, they would be liable to be prosecuted in the same way as any other member of the public. The Government therefore has no plans to legislate to create further criminal offences of deception.
More generally, the Prime Minister expects all elected representatives to recognise the responsibilities that arise from their position as public figures and to aspire to the very highest standards of propriety and rectitude in both their private and public lives.
only 663 people signed up ... i've signed quite a few of these petitions on the downing street website and all of them have been refused
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