It seems that the UK government is trying to work the system to get the Digital Economy Bill through parliment without allowing a full debate on its provisions (Hansard 15 Mar 2010 : Column 464) - very worrying considering the some of the draconian measures relating to digital copyright protection built into the proposed legislation.
So, following the example of a number of my colleagues (@psychemedia, @liamgh and @blaineprice) I wrote to my MP (for the first time!) to demand that he ensure that the government don't ramrod this legislation through before the general election. I used the template provided @ 38degrees.org.uk as a starting point and made some amendments, so it didn't take very long to do. Am interested to see if the 'adapted template' letter gets a response - and whether it will be different from the one sent to @liamgh :-)
Watch this space!