Prominent backbench MP Sarah Champion launched a campaign against VPNs previously, saying: “My new clause 54 would require the Secretary of State to publish, within six months of the Bill’s passage, a report on the effect of VPN use on Ofcom’s ability to enforce the requirements under clause 112.

"If VPNs cause significant issues, the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems.” And the Labour Party said there were “gaps” in the bill that needed to be amended.

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    the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems

    The government: Parents have you tried being a parent to your children?

    Parents: Oh lord no that’s too difficult can’t you just, I don’t know lol, ban it or something?

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      In my English textbook, ca. 2007 there was a comic of a child in a cage hanging outside the house. The father told the neighbor something like “This way they get out of the house, but stay off the streets.”

      I think that hit quite well, what many consider parenting in the UK.

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        Those child cages were real. They would attach to a window similar to AC units today.

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      This government literally can’t afford to fuck about wasting money yet here they are. Proving they are imposters failing the country.