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Old 24-04-2008, 19:42   #4755
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Originally Posted by jelv View Post
I wish I had your confidence!

If they dig their heels in, would a judicial review be the most appropriate next step? I guess the other possibility would be something from the EU - but we all know how long that might take.

I would have thought that we should be aiming to get an investigation under way before the BT trials are due to start. Would that then give an opportunity for an injunction suspending the trials until the legality had been established?

If the authorities get a feel for how far this campaign is prepared to go, would it not increase the pressure on them to instigate an investigation?
Well pressure is only increasing from all quarters. What we should all do next is write a letter of complaint to our MPs regarding the Police and Home Office inaction explaining that we are complaining in line with the procedures required leading up to a complaint to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

If I remember correctly, the procedures are to first write to your MP and if your MP is unable to resolve the issue, you can then write to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

A few thousand letters to the PO should be enough to cause sufficient mayhem to maybe get something done. Failing that, Judicial Review would probably be our next course of action.

Incidentally, Kent stated on Tuesday (eventually after lots of prying by the BBC) that the services are going to roll out in the next few weeks. Of course, we already know this to be untrue because BT have not even started their planned trials yet so for the system to be deployed fully in a few weeks would literally be impossible.

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