Usually, I don't do stories about online petitions, but usually, online petitions are written up by morons and posted where they don't matter. This particular petition, however, is actually official and provided by the UK government's own Web site, and since a friend of mine in the industry is drumming up support, I'd be an arsehole not to promote it.
We did a story a while back about possible tax incentives for the UK games industry, and this is where any British gamer can sign their name to see it happen. At the time of writing, there are 498 signatures. I'm sure the UK Dtoid readers can bump that up a notch.
So go do it.
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7:21 AM on 03.14.2008
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So long as this games are evil and leading our children away' attitude exists, with MPs like Keith Vaz spouting bull, we will have less of a chance of seeing this happen.
Withoout one though, we can say fairwell to the U.Ks best creative talent.
Signed up.
We don't need to see an exodus of talent leave the U.K, with Peter Molyneux with staff and Moses like. Lol.
Up to 583 votes go democracy!!!
DIGG PLEASE
Anything that can help UK developers has got to be a good thing.
What exactly have the Tories accomplished? Invading the Suez with France and Israel in '56 widely considered the last blatant attempt at militaristic european imperialism? the utterly disastrous privatization of the national railway (you can't really have free marekt competition over railways when there's only ever going to be one set of tracks!)? Selling off council housing to make yuppie condos? Or perhaps fighting over the Falkland Islands? Although Blair dumped Britain into Iraq and thats pretty much the worst mistake in contemporary British history you have to admit that every advance post-war Britain has made has been accomplished under labor governments.
I'm very tempted to make a flyer for this and start handing it out at work.
;O)
My government just added another 4p to my pint over night to discourage me from binge drinking and then spends that money on adverts telling me to pay my taxes on time and initiatives to get me to eat less. I recon we all need tax breaks, not just one or two specific industries.
Instead, let us challenge tax breaks given in other countries. If they are unfair, as it sounds like, then Canada (and other offending countries) will have to stop.
Sign the petition to challenge these tax breaks through WTO: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/wtochallenge/