Hear, hear. Well said.

When/if this government begin to understand the internet and IT, then they can legislate, but until that time they should steer well clear. What is required is less legislation, not more, to enable this country to engage in the information and digital economies.

Labour have lost untold votes with their various forays into IT (amongst many other issues), but this latest imposition on our civil liberties has to be the icing on the cake. Mandelson needs to make a rapid u-turn on this decision and be humble in his apology to the citizens he is treating with such disdain and disrespect.