From across the pond, here’s what’s going to happen if you forget your ID card, assuming our dear government are allowed to have their way…
November 17, 2006
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Category Archives: Civil Liberties
November 15, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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ID and unemployment
State Opening of Parliament today – a good day to bury bad news, so keep your eyes peeled.Already, we have: UK unemployment at seven year high – see the Office for National Statistics for the full report. Oh, there was … Continue reading
October 28, 2006
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Bush and definitions
The Bush administration uses unimaginative essay-writing technique #236: “It all depends on your definition of…”*sigh* Why must the world be run by such second-class minds? And why has this story been buried on a weekend (there’s nothing about it on … Continue reading
September 28, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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“All civilised people”
Home Secretary John Reid, in his speech to the Labour party conference in Manchester: “It’s not Muslims versus the rest of us, it’s evil terrorists on one side against all civilised people on the other.” Meanwhile, a couple of hundred … Continue reading
September 6, 2006
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The UK backs ditching “adequate” data protection
Sounds boring, eh? Especially when you find out that the EU, the most boring institution in the world bar the International Confederation of Accountancy and Algebra, is also involved. However, following earlier outrage from the elected portion of the EU … Continue reading
September 5, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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John Reid ignores the law
Erm… “John Reid will sanction the forced removal of up to 32 Iraqis today after telling the high court he would ignore any last-minute legal challenge to their deportation.”Yes, that’s right – the Home Secretary has announced that he will … Continue reading
August 31, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Hurrahs all round!
This sounds like it was fun. (Unlike this alternative protest…) I particularly approve of protesting against the lack of hat wearing in public life – some blame the last few decades’ collapse of civil society and boom in crime on … Continue reading
August 25, 2006
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Deport the innocent
Not guilty of taking part in a terrorist plot that never existed? Meh… Never mind – let’s deport the bugger anyway. To a regime known to use torture. That has already admitted that it plans to lock him up as … Continue reading
August 22, 2006
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Methinks the lady doth protest too much
This could be fun – expose the inanity, and all entirely legally.(I’ve been in the wilds of Dartmoor for the last few days, by the by, and have picked up a lurgy – more later if my brain clears, nose … Continue reading
August 17, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Oh, come on… (again)
It’s bad enough when a teacher who supports the BNP gets sacked for their (decidedly repellant) political beliefs, despite no evidence that those beliefs were being propagated in the classroom. But suspending someone for being a right-wing Tory and writing … Continue reading
August 6, 2006
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Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Blogs, ID Cards
Somewhat busy… Neeka has a roundup of Ukraine news responses in the wake of President Yuschenko teaming up with ex-President Yanukovych (the guy who supposedly poisoned him). Surely the Orange Revolution is dead? Is this simply yet another temporary alliance, … Continue reading
July 11, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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ID
As the all-powerful ID card scheme faces possible delays, would you look at that? “News” emerges that “Organised fraudsters tried to steal more than half a billion pounds from the government’s tax credit system in 2005/06”. So as doubts about … Continue reading
July 4, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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The Biometric Information Roadshow
Ever heard of that? Me neither, and – like the majority of UK political bloggers – I’m a geek about these things. A google search turns up nothing, yet here’s a report from Morley Today, the website of the Morley … Continue reading
July 3, 2006
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Busy weekend…
As if by magic, as England get booted out of the World Cup and the country basks in a heatwave, all sorts of New Labour unpleasantness has bubbled to the surface once more, the stench cunningly hidden by the reek … Continue reading