(Not sure if any of you saw this not so great news yesterday - outrageous given the parliamentary review but I think it still has to go through house of lords?)
MPs vote the PCSC Bill through Third Reading by 354 votes to 273
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Rosie - Sorry! nothing and its possible it has been removed as it was a comment they didn't want to hear. Typed in various headings to try and raise it on the website again nothing, it fits. Plenty going on with this, is it possible some of our police force could defect? fingers crossed as it will be a big blow to the govt. Now is a good time, a big nail in the coffin of the this Bill.
Rosie - I troll through Microsoft news in the mornings and I think I read it there. Will see if I can find it as it was a couple of days ago now.
The government may be push for this bill, but it does not means it is legal. No one law can supersede human rights and therefore we are not obligued to comply. Any solicitor can argue this in court in order to write off the bill.
Yes! it still has to go through the Lords and what a motley crew they are. Just wondering what the Police themselves will have to say because I read somewhere that their Federation pointed out that they had never asked for half of what is in it.