Disappointing, the author spends more column inches in partisan tittle tattle than challenging the substance of these awful laws. The opposition party (soon to

Disappointing, the author spends more column inches in partisan tittle tattle than challenging the substance of these awful laws. The opposition party (soon to be our govt) want MORE authoritarian control of the Internet: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/01/labour-pledges-toughen-online-safety-bill https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/01/labour-pl... So let's stop indulging in red/blue point-scoring. Less ad-hominems / slurs by association. "Racism" and Trump have no bearing on any of this. Instead, let's focus on the meat and vegetables of bad lawmaking and how we can challenge it. We have an uphill battle, educating our lawmakers and the public about online civil rights issues. Let's examine the manifestos and pledged positions of the Lib Dems and Reform parties on this issue and, if their stance is sound, lend them our vote. In a FPTP system, our vote won't change the makeup of the Commons, but it will be counted, and it will help inform both Tories and Labour on the direction in which we want to drive our politics. At present the Lib Dems seem very silent on encryption: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/15101/ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/15101/ And it's nowhere to be found in the Reform Party manifesto either: https://www.reformparty.uk/reformisessential https://www.reformparty.uk/reformisessential Lib Dems are on 11% of the popular vote and Reform are on 7% (and growing): https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/ https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/ Either of them could be king-makers at the next General Election, and even if not, the two incumbent parties will be watching the swing to figure out which direction voters are travelling in. So we need to educate the smaller parties, and get this issue onto their radar. The small, new and hungry parties are more likely to engage directly with us than the old established parties IMO. Stop raging, start engaging.