Derek Wyatt: rugby player, politician.... techie?
By silicon.com
Published: 25 February 2004 17:25 GMT
25.02.99: Labour MP, Derek Wyatt is calling on the UK government to create a minister for the Internet.
At the ISPcon 99 conference in London, Wyatt, who also heads up the parliamentary all-party Internet group, spoke about the importance of ecommerce and the Internet in all types of business. But he told Silicon.com that most MPs still don't understand the implications regulation could have on the ISP industry.
Wyatt said: "What we need is a minister for the Internet, or a minister for communications, which would include the Internet. I think there is so much work going on in so many departments with IT, but we don't have a coherent strategy, and that's because we haven't got a single minister."
25.02.04: Former England rugby player Derek Wyatt MP has come in for some stick over the past five years - not least of all on the pages of silicon.com.
His attempts to force through anti-spam legislation in the UK attracted particular criticism.
Last week he was even nominated for the Internet Villain of the year gong at the Internet Service Providers Association Awards for "lowering the level of informed debate on the internet generally and spam in particular," in the words of the judges.
But while some may suspect he learned everything he knows about technology on the rugby field his bungling on tech issues is largely well-intended and he has actually done far more than many of his Westminster cronies to keep IT issues on the political agenda. For that he should be congratulated. While some MPs would possibly struggle to spell IT, Wyatt has raised issues such as rural broadband and even threw his weight behind silicon.com's Back the Act campaign in 2000.
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