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gominokouhai for bringing to my attention the Open Rights Group questionnaire to MEP candidates, which included questions on copyright, data retention, personal data and the open internet.
Unfortunately — and somewhat disturbingly — no Labour politicians have replied to this questionnaire. A smattering of Tories have, and their responses show that they have not changed their spots. The Liberal Democrats are better, but not as good as I would have expected from them. In particular, their top candidate for Scotland, George Lyon, only agrees with the ORG on half the issues, marking him out as on the less liberal side of the party.
So now I'm looking at changing my vote. SNP or Greens? The SNP top candidate Ian Hudghton has responded "Agree" on all fronts. For the Greens, Elaine Morrison's responses do not appear on the 'Scotland' page above, but she has told me via personal correspondence that they are "Agree/Agree/Agree*/Agree" respectively. Bonus points to her for taking her time to respond even this late into an election campaign.
Anyway, neither SNP nor Green parties are 100% appealing, but I don't feel I can vote for a LibDem candidate who is as soft on individual freedoms as George Lyon is, either. Who should I vote for?
* EDIT: Elaine's responses updated above; her initial response accidentally missed one out.
gominokouhai for bringing to my attention the Open Rights Group questionnaire to MEP candidates, which included questions on copyright, data retention, personal data and the open internet.Unfortunately — and somewhat disturbingly — no Labour politicians have replied to this questionnaire. A smattering of Tories have, and their responses show that they have not changed their spots. The Liberal Democrats are better, but not as good as I would have expected from them. In particular, their top candidate for Scotland, George Lyon, only agrees with the ORG on half the issues, marking him out as on the less liberal side of the party.
So now I'm looking at changing my vote. SNP or Greens? The SNP top candidate Ian Hudghton has responded "Agree" on all fronts. For the Greens, Elaine Morrison's responses do not appear on the 'Scotland' page above, but she has told me via personal correspondence that they are "Agree/Agree/Agree*/Agree" respectively. Bonus points to her for taking her time to respond even this late into an election campaign.
Anyway, neither SNP nor Green parties are 100% appealing, but I don't feel I can vote for a LibDem candidate who is as soft on individual freedoms as George Lyon is, either. Who should I vote for?
* EDIT: Elaine's responses updated above; her initial response accidentally missed one out.
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