Why has the "Taxpayers' Alliance" registered yes2av.org?

[ewx]

…and pointed it at no2av.org?

$ whois yes2av.org
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Domain ID:D159836964-LROR
Domain Name:YES2AV.ORG
Created On:06-Aug-2010 15:59:56 UTC
Last Updated On:06-Oct-2010 03:47:48 UTC
Expiration Date:06-Aug-2011 15:59:56 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
Status:OK
Registrant ID:tuzeQni18zPa7NOG
Registrant Name:Matthew Elliott
Registrant Organization:Matthew Elliott
Registrant Street1:55 Tufton Street
Registrant Street2:
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Registrant City:London
Registrant State/Province:London
Registrant Postal Code:SW1P3QL
Registrant Country:GB
Registrant Phone:+44.8453309554
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
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Registrant Email:admin@no2av.org
Admin ID:tuqKzN2M58tyaurf
Admin Name:Matthew Elliott
Admin Organization:Matthew Elliott
Admin Street1:55 Tufton Street
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:London
Admin State/Province:London
Admin Postal Code:SW1P3QL
Admin Country:GB
Admin Phone:+44.8453309554
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:admin@no2av.org
Tech ID:tuHItVDJqZ4gIyQ7
Tech Name:Matthew Elliott
Tech Organization:Matthew Elliott
Tech Street1:55 Tufton Street
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:London
Tech State/Province:London
Tech Postal Code:SW1P3QL
Tech Country:GB
Tech Phone:+44.8453309554
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:admin@no2av.org
Name Server:NS.123-REG.CO.UK
Name Server:NS2.123-REG.CO.UK
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DNSSEC:Unsigned

$ telnet yes2av.org 80
Trying 94.136.40.82...
Connected to yes2av.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: yes2av.org

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Connection: close
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:12:06 GMT
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
Location: http://www.no2av.org
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 0

Connection closed by foreign host.

Comments

[oldbloke.livejournal.com]

Well I was already voting Yes on the basis that Peter Stringfellow is in the No camp (plus it's the right answer anyway), but this puts the tin lid on it, as we used to say back in the war, or would have if we'd been born.

[juggzy.livejournal.com]

Send that to Left Foot Forward, and Sunny Wossisname.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

It was featured on Liberal Conspiracy when it happened - rather undermined by the fact that one of the Yes crowd had, at the time, the No2AV username on Twitter. In 2005, Labour registered michaelhoward.co.uk.

Redirection, to me, is insignificant compared to outright passing off - at which the Lib Dems running the Yes campaign are past masters. Hence their eve of poll newsletter here in the 2006 local elections, "Southwark Labour News", as it was called.

General consensus on this specific is, I think, that's it's a tit for tat for www.taxpayersalliance.org.

[mhoulden.livejournal.com]

I like the way they're on Tufton St, after the grumpy character Major Bufton-Tufton who sometimes features in Private Eye.

[twigletzone.livejournal.com]

DDOS TIEMS.