I just got a letter from my MP, in which he says that he's written to Vernon Coaker MP at the Home Office, raising all these points. He also included a speech he gave regarding privacy and security which I have yet to read. According to his letter, 'the next Conservative Government is committed to scrapping the ID card scheme and will move to ensure that the DNA database will be put on a statutory footing'.
I'm not entirely sure what 'statutory footing' means. I imagine it means that only legitimate evidence will be kept, but I'm not at all sure that's doable.
He also mentions microchip spies in rubbish bins, which I ridiculed when they were first discussed.
EDIT: Okay, I've read his speech. The first two pages are about privacy and a surveillance state, and I'm completely with him up until the point where he uses it as a segue into discussing about why we should leave the European Union, something I am steadfastly against. He then spends the rest of the document (six pages) complaining about the EU membership fee and the standard politicians' "how many schools could have been built with this money?!" tirade.
I'm actually kind of disappointed. I should have realised that being old-fashioned about privacy and security also means that you're not forward-thinking in other ways.
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Yeah, every so often I think...'maybe I should vote Conservative...' and then I hear one of them speaking for more than four sentences and am reminded that no, God no, no way, nu uh.
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Yeah, every so often I think...'maybe I should vote Conservative...' and then I hear one of them speaking for more than four sentences and am reminded that no, God no, no way, nu uh.
Vote lib dem then. My MP's been liberal for years and we have few to no complaints about him or his policies. The Labour local council though...but this thread isn't about bi-weekly rubbish collection.
As long as everyone remembers to vote yellow next time, we're golden.
Yeah, or people could stop thinking stupid shit like "oh the lib dems'll never get in, so I won't waste my vote on 'em" because that's why they never get in. Fuck, how do people not recognise this? [/rant]
Anyway, to keep this more closely aligned with G&T rather than D&D, has anyone else figured out how difficult this data they want is going to be to store centrally?
Because there is no way the ISPs are going to want their servers linked permanently to some terminal in Westminster.
Yeah, or people could stop thinking stupid shit like "oh the lib dems'll never get in, so I won't waste my vote on 'em" because that's why they never get in. Fuck, how do people not recognise this? [/rant]
Anyway, to keep this more closely aligned with G&T rather than D&D, has anyone else figured out how difficult this data they want is going to be to store centrally?
Because there is no way the ISPs are going to want their servers linked permanently to some terminal in Westminster.
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I'm not entirely sure what 'statutory footing' means. I imagine it means that only legitimate evidence will be kept, but I'm not at all sure that's doable.
He also mentions microchip spies in rubbish bins, which I ridiculed when they were first discussed.
EDIT: Okay, I've read his speech. The first two pages are about privacy and a surveillance state, and I'm completely with him up until the point where he uses it as a segue into discussing about why we should leave the European Union, something I am steadfastly against. He then spends the rest of the document (six pages) complaining about the EU membership fee and the standard politicians' "how many schools could have been built with this money?!" tirade.
I'm actually kind of disappointed. I should have realised that being old-fashioned about privacy and security also means that you're not forward-thinking in other ways.
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As long as everyone remembers to vote yellow next time, we're golden.
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Anyway, to keep this more closely aligned with G&T rather than D&D, has anyone else figured out how difficult this data they want is going to be to store centrally?
Because there is no way the ISPs are going to want their servers linked permanently to some terminal in Westminster.
Nintendo Network ID: AzraelRose
DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.