There are two houses of Parliament in the UK - the Lords and the Commons. Only the Commons is made up of our elected representatives. The country is broken do

There are two houses of Parliament in the UK - the Lords and the Commons. Only the Commons is made up of our elected representatives. The country is broken down into 646 constituencies and each elects their own member of parliament (MP). The Digital Economy Bill has a decent write up on wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Bill The highlights seem to be: - a three strikes then you're off the internet punishment against piracy which seems to assume guilt until proven innocent. - a real danger than small businesses will find it substantially more difficult to provide wifi for customers. Beyond the Bill itself there is also a lot of anger over Lord Mandelson who is pushing this Bill. Mandelson is the Business Secretary despite having been forced to resign twice for seriously suspect conduct. There are some questions as to whether he was unduly influenced by the "old media" lobby before the Bill