[Ir-l] A FRIENDLY MP!

[Tony Gosling]

wow!

a cool sounding MP!

Maybe we coud get some advice from him and blurt it out across the nation???


>From: Luff Peter <LUFFPJ at parliament.uk>
>To: "'Tony Gosling'" <tony at gaia.org>
>Subject: RE: PLEASE THOROUGHLY CHECK OUT THIS RIP BILL
>Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:05:09 +0100 
>
>Many thanks - rest assured I am a regular visitor to the STAND site!
>
>Peter Luff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Gosling [mailto:tony at gaia.org]
>Sent: 03 April 2000 16:57
>Subject: PLEASE THOROUGHLY CHECK OUT THIS RIP BILL
>
>
>The RIP (Regulation of Invesigatory Powers) Bill is the most totalitarian
>measure I have ever seen prepared for this country! It will criminalise me
>as a researcher and allow the police carte blanche to search my house and
>to confiscate notebooks, computers, video equipment, slides, and arrest me
>without charging me.
>
>It totally compromises my independence as a writer/videomaker.
>
>Do please thoroughly check it out and don't let the civil servants slip it
>past you!
>
>I suggest you take a look at a site set up by journalists and campaigners
>at  http://www.stand.org.uk/  if you want information fast on this Bill.
>
>Bless You!
>
>Tony Gosling
>www.videonetwork.org 
>
>