Tim Dobson

Tag: ppuk

4 posts

Howto access the Pirate Bay if you're on Virgin Media, Sky, BT, TalkTalk, Be, Plusnet, O2, Orange or T-Mobile

Howto access the Pirate Bay if you're on Virgin Media, Sky, BT, TalkTalk, Be, Plusnet, O2, Orange or T-Mobile

3 May 2012

As you may have noticed, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, O2, Be, Plusnet, Post Office broadband, Orange and T-Mobile and others block The Pirate Bay these days because of a BPI order. Why are they being blocked? The BPI – the music industry body – ordered the block in the high court. Now the […]

Pirate Party Germany Scores Historic Win

Pirate Party Germany Scores Historic Win

19 September 2011

Originally posted on the Pirate Party website. Tim Dobson – Pirate Party UK Education Spokesperson: On Sunday I was in Germany watching the Pirate Party movement making history again. The Pirate Party entered the Berlin State Parliament, gaining 14 seats after polling almost 9% of the vote. At the same time the liberal FDP, a […]

An Englishman in a Pirates' Berlin

An Englishman in a Pirates' Berlin

15 September 2011

Today I am in Berlin. Capital of Germany, and according to polls, soon to be one of the latest homes of the Pirate Party. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rQmAma8rj1E Almost as soon as I stepped out of the train station, I started noticing the distinct Pirate flag logo on the posters attached to lamp posts. Outside Sweden the German […]

Eric Schmidt's criticism of UK education

Eric Schmidt's criticism of UK education

27 August 2011

In the week that teenagers received their GCSE results, Eric Schmidt has lambasted the UK education system, and I find much to agree with him on. The UK has a proud past of scientists and technological pioneers – the first computer wasn't built in Silicon Valley, or somewhere in China, but here in Manchester. However, […]

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