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Yesterday the European Court of Justice, based in Luxembourg, passed a landmark ruling that has caused a lot of jubilation among data privacy advocates: the Google US and Spain versus the Spanish...

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UK Government not so neutral on Net Neutrality

May 19, 2014, 5:33 am

Monday, 19 May, 2014 - 13:30In April, the European Parliament adopted draft legislation as part of a move to regulate the European Telecommunications market. This included the formal adoption of Net...

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Put Pirates in the European Parliament! (EP2014)

May 20, 2014, 1:53 am

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Scored on policy by 38 Degrees

May 21, 2014, 4:38 pm

We've been fighting the European Parliamentary Elections on policy, so it was great to be contacted by 38 Degrees about our positions on a range of issues, we responded, but I thought you might like to...

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You want to vote Pirate? It'd be rude not to oblige.

June 2, 2014, 3:38 pm

We can do better, and we will - We want to stand more candidates with more local branches.Voting PirateEver since the Pirate Party came on the scene in 2009, some people have been able to vote Pirate...

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Human Rights No, Corporate Rights Yes?

October 8, 2014, 1:26 pm

It’s become a hallmark of British Government that they say one thing and do another. Rarely is it ever so cut-and-dried as with the current Conservative government. Much has been made over the last few...

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Opening the door to radical reform

January 25, 2015, 4:06 pm

One of the defining issues that kicked off the Pirate movement was copyright. It was possibly the most defining issue, though post Snowden things look very different now. The web depends on sharing,...

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A Pirate reads Piketty, part 4: Transparency

August 31, 2015, 4:40 pm

Transparency and its sister, the flip side of the coin, privacy, are at the heart of Pirate politics. The first of the seven principles on which the PPUK constitution is founded states that society is...

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PPUK After the Brexit Referendum

October 26, 2016, 2:21 pm

Ahoy fellow Pirates.Regardless of which way you voted, I'm sure you're tired of hearing about the referendum and plundering politicians but PPUK is impacted by many of the issues raised by the process...

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UK Government will not achieve anything unless it works together

March 29, 2017, 8:15 am

Wednesday, 29 March, 2017 - 16:15Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty was triggered today by Prime Minister Theresa May.Britain's ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow, has already hand-delivered the six...

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