Digital Economy Bill rushed into law

The UK Government pushed through the controversial Digital Economy Bill last night, in a two-hour debate that exposed as many holes in MPs' knowledge and the legislative process as it did in the Bill itself. The final vote was 189 to 47 in favour of passing the law more or less intact. Despite opposition from the Liberal Democrats and some Labour backbenchers, Labour and Conservative whips rounded up enough MPs to give the Government a definitive majority. While the...