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reece(: 19-03-2019 06:18 PM

Quote:

Vote Leave fined over thousands of unsolicited texts


https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cp...oteleavead.jpg

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Brexit Campaign group Vote Leave £40,000 ($53,000) for sending out nearly 200,000 unsolicited text messages.

The text messages contained a link to the campaign website alongside information about its ambitions.

They were sent in the run-up to the EU referendum in 2016.

The ICO said the group had been unable to prove that everyone who received the message had consented to the contact.

Vote Leave said it had gathered numbers from people who had contacted it.

It said the numbers came from website enquiries, texts it had received in response to other promotions and from running its own football competition.

Pro-Brexit Labour group fined by watchdog
Early on in the campaign, Vote Leave launched a competition with a prize of £50m for correctly guessing the result of all 51 games in the 2016 European football championship.

The odds of winning the contest - which Vote Leave funded through an insurance policy - were calculated at one in 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

According to the ICO, Vote Leave said that since the referendum it had deleted records of the consent, the phone numbers the messages were sent to and the volume of messages sent and received.

The ICO put the figure at 194,154 messages.

The email address provided on the Vote Leave website no longer works.

"Spam texts are a real nuisance for millions of people and we will take action against organisations who disregard the law," said Steve Eckersley, ICO Director of Investigations.

"Direct marketing is not just about selling products and services. It's also about promoting an organisation's aims and ideals.

"Political campaigns and parties, like any other organisations, have to comply with the law."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47623413

arista 20-03-2019 08:24 AM

[PM May to request only 'short delay'
to Brexit in letter to EU
An extension until 30 June is expected
as that is the last day Britain could remain
in the EU without taking part in EU elections.]

https://news.sky.com/story/theresa-m...to-eu-11670616

Northern Monkey 20-03-2019 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10482398)
[PM May to request only 'short delay'
to Brexit in letter to EU
An extension until 30 June is expected
as that is the last day Britain could remain
in the EU without taking part in EU elections.]

https://news.sky.com/story/theresa-m...to-eu-11670616

There is absolutely no point in the EU giving us an extension unless they’re willing to open up the withdrawal agreement.
Otherwise in three months we’ll be in exactly the same position.

arista 20-03-2019 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey (Post 10482441)
There is absolutely no point in the EU giving us an extension unless they’re willing to open up the withdrawal agreement.
Otherwise in three months we’ll be in exactly the same position.


Yes
nothing has changed


Pathetic PM

Northern Monkey 20-03-2019 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10482443)
Yes
nothing has changed


Pathetic PM

Pathetic UK Parliament.

arista 20-03-2019 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey (Post 10482444)
Pathetic UK Parliament.



Yes not able to agree on anything

arista 20-03-2019 11:09 AM

PMQ's Live
The PM just confirmed she will ask the EU for a short extension
30th of June

Benjamin 20-03-2019 11:59 AM

I literally don’t care anymore, just leave or don’t. Make a decision and do it, stop dragging it out.

Twosugars 20-03-2019 12:12 PM

A short extension? Doesn't make sense at this point.

arista 20-03-2019 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 10482485)
I literally don’t care anymore, just leave or don’t. Make a decision and do it, stop dragging it out.


Yes she wants to Extend
to the 30th of June.
So far she EU is not happy to do that.


She wants to Drag it on

arista 20-03-2019 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twosugars (Post 10482492)
A short extension? Doesn't make sense at this point.



It because of the UK having to do the EU Elections
which the PM does not.

Twosugars 20-03-2019 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10482500)
It because of the UK having to do the EU Elections
which the PM does not.

couldn't they allow the uk to simply extend the mandates of the current MEPs?

Nicky91 20-03-2019 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10482499)
Yes she wants to Extend
to the 30th of June.
So far she EU is not happy to do that.


She wants to Drag it on

of course EU isn't happy about this, it would mean this brexit chaos to go on and on for even longer and they don't want that

Twosugars 20-03-2019 12:25 PM

They may have to force her out of office, she's too inflexible with that bloody deal of hers.

arista 20-03-2019 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twosugars (Post 10482502)
couldn't they allow the uk to simply extend the mandates of the current MEPs?



Its all pre-set
to end, next week
I believe

arista 20-03-2019 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 10482503)
of course EU isn't happy about this, it would mean this brexit chaos to go on and on for even longer and they don't want that




She will be in your Nation
tomorrow.

And the Labour Leader is also going
for his own talks. (he told us in PMQ's)

arista 20-03-2019 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twosugars (Post 10482505)
They may have to force her out of office, she's too inflexible with that bloody deal of hers.



A General Election
could be the only solution
but the Conservatives must Elect a new leader
fast/

Twosugars 20-03-2019 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10482511)
A General Election
could be the only solution
but the Conservatives must Elect a new leader
fast/

yes, it may come to that

The Slim Reaper 20-03-2019 01:21 PM


bots 20-03-2019 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twosugars (Post 10482505)
They may have to force her out of office, she's too inflexible with that bloody deal of hers.

they can't force her out, she would have to resign. Wouldn't blame her if she did resign. She will go down in history as one of the worst prime ministers ever, and that's not going to change now, but, I don't believe anyone could have got a deal together that would have been accepted in parliament, because the majority of MP's don't want to leave, even if thats what the country voted for.

arista 20-03-2019 01:30 PM

Yes we had all that on Ch4HD news
who broke it.

arista 20-03-2019 01:49 PM

The EU Donald Tusk has now replied to the PM's request
saying the UK must leave by May the 23rd
or must enter EU Elections......................


and
14:09
[French magazine reports Emmanuel Macron will veto Theresa May's request to extend Article 50]

arista 20-03-2019 02:13 PM

The Speaker
has granted a Emergency Brexit Debate for Today.

Labour want a Long Extension

arista 20-03-2019 02:20 PM

Live now

bots 20-03-2019 02:23 PM

I can see us leaving with a no deal next week and May disappearing into the sunset. I think the EU is going to put conditions on any extension that just wont be acceptable and will cement the reasons why people want to leave


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