Re:Labour pledges free broadband for all homes and firms in UK
by cyborgx7 on Friday November 15, 2019 @09:53AM
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That's a Tory policy. Let's hope a Labour Government would also get rid of that.
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Re:Labour pledges free broadband for all homes and firms in UK
by commiecosmonaut on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:16AM
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Labour was quite upset when the porn block was canceled:
> Labour attacked that announcement as “proof that an important policy issue has descended into utter shambles”.
And in 2013:
> David Cameron must bring in laws to restrict access to internet pornography and stop images of child abuse from being available online, Labour will say today.
> However, Labour is challenging the Government to go further by bringing in new legal protections, including an automatic block on online pornography unless users "opt-in" and a tighter obligation on web companies to weed out images of child abuse.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10114845/La...
Re:Labour pledges free broadband for all homes and firms in UK
by thinkingemote on Saturday November 16, 2019 @07:53AM
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I would expect Labour to put in place more blocks around things to protect the population against "extremist" content but porn would probably be ok for a while.
Re:Labour pledges free broadband for all homes and firms in UK
by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 15, 2019 @09:58AM
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> Let's hope a Labour Government would also get rid of that
No forethought to what a future Tory government would do after the nation’s infrastructure are put under direct governmental control?
Re:Labour pledges free broadband for all homes and firms in UK
by cyborgx7 on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:00AM
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So the reason not to vote for Labour is that the Tories are too evil and can't be trusted?
Re:Labour pledges free broadband for all homes and firms in UK
by throwaway123x2 on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:06AM
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The reason to avoid (ostensibly good Labour) government overreach is that you can't trust the Tories when they're in power.