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What can I do, as a UK citizen, to stop this from happening?

by GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago

LatvjuAvs 13y ago
What do you mean "citizen"? Do you have any rights?
westicle 13y ago
I hope you're asking this ironically.
- GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
  No, I meant what are the best things to do in what order.
  - Silhouette 13y ago
    Contact your MP? MPs are real people and they have few enough constituents that you can make a personal connection with them. So, in terms of effectiveness, the more effort you make the more effect it is likely to have, up to a point. If you make an appointment and visit them in person, you're obviously serious, and even if they're a loyal supporter of a party whose official policy is to promote the surveillance, they'll have to look you in the eye and tell you to go away rather than just sending a form letter by automaton-mail. If enough constituents did that to fill up a few MPs' surgery days for a month, it would probably make quite a difference. Failing that, if you take the time to write a proper letter or ring them and talk to a real person at their office, at least they know you care enough to do something substantial. If you sign some e-petition or forward them the 253rd copy of a form letter on-line, it might be better than nothing, but it doesn't demonstrate much more comitment on your part than making a "me too" post on an on-line forum, so it's probably going to carry weight (or not) accordingly. You could also donate to political groups/civil rights organisations like Liberty or the Open Rights Group, if you're willing to put actual money on the line to help fund lobbying against these kinds of measures.
JayEnn 13y ago
Get involved with the Open Rights Group http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ or write to your MP.
shawabawa3 13y ago
http://www.writetothem.com/ http://www.writetothem.com/ I guess, for all the good it will do
- summerdown2 13y ago
  Certainly voting doesn’t seem to change anything, given the present lot want general surveillance and the last lot wanted ID cards. I’ve just written to Andy Burnham about it. I can only hope he’s receptive, though from his voting record it doesn’t seem likely.

What can I do, as a UK citizen, to stop this from happening?

LatvjuAvs 13y ago

What do you mean "citizen"? Do you have any rights?

westicle 13y ago

I hope you're asking this ironically.

GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
No, I meant what are the best things to do in what order.
- Silhouette 13y ago
  Contact your MP? MPs are real people and they have few enough constituents that you can make a personal connection with them. So, in terms of effectiveness, the more effort you make the more effect it is likely to have, up to a point. If you make an appointment and visit them in person, you're obviously serious, and even if they're a loyal supporter of a party whose official policy is to promote the surveillance, they'll have to look you in the eye and tell you to go away rather than just sending a form letter by automaton-mail. If enough constituents did that to fill up a few MPs' surgery days for a month, it would probably make quite a difference. Failing that, if you take the time to write a proper letter or ring them and talk to a real person at their office, at least they know you care enough to do something substantial. If you sign some e-petition or forward them the 253rd copy of a form letter on-line, it might be better than nothing, but it doesn't demonstrate much more comitment on your part than making a "me too" post on an on-line forum, so it's probably going to carry weight (or not) accordingly. You could also donate to political groups/civil rights organisations like Liberty or the Open Rights Group, if you're willing to put actual money on the line to help fund lobbying against these kinds of measures.

JayEnn 13y ago

Get involved with the Open Rights Group http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ or write to your MP.

shawabawa3 13y ago

http://www.writetothem.com/ http://www.writetothem.com/ I guess, for all the good it will do

summerdown2 13y ago
Certainly voting doesn’t seem to change anything, given the present lot want general surveillance and the last lot wanted ID cards. I’ve just written to Andy Burnham about it. I can only hope he’s receptive, though from his voting record it doesn’t seem likely.