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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.