1 Digital Economy Bill (Updated post-election)

24545 Tweets

20000 Letters written

7152 Twitterers

643 Members of Parliament

227 Voted

189 Said yes

47 Said no

4 Had a role as "Teller"

412 Didn't turn up. That's 64%

40 Bothered to turn up to the second reading (thanks!)

40 More came along the the third reading

187 Strolled in at the end without listening to the debate

411 MPs in total were re-elected in May 2010

106 of those surviving MPs voted "Yes"

24 of those surviving MPs voted "No"

4 of the "Tellers" are still MPs

277 of the rest didn't turn up

7.5 Hours of debate in the Commons, over

2 Debates

1 poor show for something so important


Here's what we thought

  • mikebutcher
    Doublethink - The Digital Economy Bill against the digital economy http://bit.ly/cKufCn #debill
  • Fermium_balloon
    http://twitpic.com/1dye9s #debill
  • sanchith
    RT @doctorow: When corporations weaponize copyright to use against civilians they use artists as human shields #debill
  • M2Ys4U
    @smilerish If you can #VotePirate instead! the @PiratePartyUK is decidedly against the #DEBill and for your privacy and freedoms!
  • ChairmanSam
    RT @MartinSFP: UK's Digital Economy Bill approved. Democracy fails social media wins http://tnw.to/15uxX #debill
  • lilianedwards
    RT @tdobson: RT @OpenRightsGroup: Something you can do now: join ORG so we can keep campaigning harder http://bit.ly/joinorg #DEBill
  • becbury
    RT @doctorow Passing the #debill will legitimize piracy as an act of civil disobedience in the minds of fans. Nice work #BPI
  • electric589
    I choose not to recognise the UK's Digital Economy Bill #whatdebill #debill http://whatdebill.org
  • techpractical
    #DEBill - ruining educations and chances to succeed since 2010
  • becbury
    RT @EFF RT @doctorow Artists: our copyrights are being hijacked to attack our audiences. #debill
  • dblandy
    RT @doctorow Artists: our copyrights are being hijacked to attack our audiences. #debill