Member

Ministers say, “Better to wait; better to have no legislative vehicle; better to stand by while our property and livelihood is stolen right now; better to have no timeline.” However, the Government’s “better” is the enemy of the creative industries’ “best”, which was to have their elected representatives represent them. By ruthlessly standing in the way of transparency, the Government have put a spotlight on their every move. Every favour to the tech sector, every public appointment of a tech bro, every nomination to their working group, every announcement of inward investment with a corresponding tax break will be scrutinised by the UK businesses they have just thrown under the bus. There were nuanced routes and cleverer negotiating tactics with UK innovators and creatives at the helm, but the Government made the extraordinary choice to be bullied by billionaires. They will not stop at copyright: those very same companies have their eyes on the NHS, on our security data, on education, on geospatial data.