Geoff Jones

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Do you like living in a democracy?

Well, enjoy it while you can, because it might not last much longer if the UK government get their way according to an article here.

The “Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill” is going through Parliament virtually on the nod.

This bill gives Ministers and their lackeys the ability to amend, replace, or repeal existing legislation without reference to Parliament and even worse can create new new criminal offenses as long as the sentence is not more than 2 years.

“More worryingly, the minister involved can amend any existing legislation; nothing is protected. So, as was pointed out in The Times by 6 law professors from Cambridge, a minister could abolish trial by jury, suspend habeas corpus (your right not to be arbitrarily arrested), or change any of the legislation governing the legal system.”

Never mind Jim Murphy MP says “I give the House clear undertakings, which I shall
repeat in Committee, that the orders will not be used to implement
highly controversial reforms.” so thats all right then!

Join the campaign here

Thanks to Rend for link.

Young entrepreneurs required (must be over 13)…

Just visited the Helio webside. Helio is another 3G virtual mobile operator. However, these guys are teaming up with Myspace so you can post content directly to your Myspace account.

Just love this, in their section “become a partner”
“Helio is looking for Agent Partners to be part of our new brand.
If you are interested in joining our world-class team,
click here to tell us more about your company.
You must be 13 years of age or older in order to apply. For details, please see our Privacy Policy.
“

So any budding Branson’s or Sugar’s out there. here is your opportunity.

Thanks to Linksecret for the Helio Link

Nevada Sports and Blogging does work

Sixteen days ago I did a blog post on the Nevada Sports, Les Gets website. A standard (ie poor) Flash jobbie. Prior to my previous post, Nevada Sports didn’t even appear in Google when you entered in Ski Hire or Snowboard hire with Les Gets. Now nick reports:-

[17:29] Nick: have you seen that page you did for nevada?
[17:29] Nick: ski hire les gets – its number 3
[17:29] Nick: snowboard hire les gets – no 1
[17:30] Nick: nevada sports les gets – 2 after his own site
[17:31] Nick: nevada les gets – your no1

Pretty amazing eh! Who needs adwords when even a lowly blogger like myself can zoom sites up the ratings. As for people who design their homepage in Flash IMHO they want their heads examined.

Oh and Nevada Sports in Les Gets are also brilliant for mountain bikes in the summer, Poor Thierry is up till 2 in the morning fixing the damage wrought by the downhill cycling maniacs.

Ehthics – I’m not connected or getting paid by Nevada except for the normal fizzy cider – Thierry gives out to his best customers.

Reboot8

Just booked for Thomas’s excellent conference Reboot8 in Copenhagen on the 1st/2nd June. Hopefully, it will be as good or even better than last years. Have decided to stay on for a couple of days after the event so I can get in some walking or cycling.