UK to have "opt out" Porn filters

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and I'm pretty sure you can't sit of a park bench and swill beer.

Yes you can. You must live in a nice upmarket area? There are no laws against drinking in public in this country except local by-laws (e.g. alcohol restricted zones). There are laws which apply to drunken behaviour.

No - he played the "regulate yourselves or we'll make a fuss" card. He'd never get away with changing the law - hence the pantomime

This is a valid point, but if the end result is opt out censorship, it's much the same thing... I also can't see it working, unless it's brought in as actual legislation. The big ISPs will be the losers as some customers migrate to the smaller ISPs. Seems like "politics" and nothing more.