[YLUG] Re: Democracy (now on topic) [was: Free the BBC!]

[Nick]

Arthur Clune wrote:
>
> Cameron is now suggesting that a certain number of signatures to an
> e-petition should automatically trigger a debate in parliament on the
> issue, followed by a vote. If this proposal were introduced, it would
> hard-wire e-democracy into Britain's constitution."
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/12/william_davies_epetitions/
>
>
> --if you're on a SAN, you're using a network designed by disk firmware
> writers. God help you - Jeff Bonwick

Erm. Britain has a constitution? When did that happen?

Sort of a cool idea, although it does marginalise the (still pretty
significant proportion of) voters who don't have t'internet.

/Nick