Financial Times Comment on ID Cards
Today the Financial Times wades into the ID card debate. It is nothing new to those of us who have been following it since Big […]
Civil Servants Beware
Over at Spyblog, there is a question posed about penalties in the ID Cards Bill. The question being, what happens if a civil servant or […]
The ID Cards Bill
Just so’s you are aware of what Big Blunkett wants to keep on file. Here’s a link to the Bill. Schedule 1 has all the […]
How to Make a Cat Yawn
I’ve been trying to get a picture like this for a long time. There’s something comical about the way cats split their heads wide open […]
Muriel Gray on ID Cards
This article by Muriel Gray is succinct and insightful. In it she makes a simple argument against ID cards that outlines why ordinary people will […]
Blair Presses Ahead With ID Cards
Today at 15:30, Big Blunkett will unveil the ID Cards Bill – not that there’s much unveiling to be done, as it’s pretty much in […]
Internet Diallers
The BBC’s Breakfast Programme had a piece on internet fraud this morning. In particular was the vexed question of rogue diallers. Those little Active X […]
Blunkett’s Career in the Balance?
According to today’s headlines Blunkett’s personal life may spill into his professional one. While I have always taken the line that the two should always […]
Isaac Newton and the Catflap
I was watching an interesting programme on the history channel this morning over breakfast – Local Heroes. According to Adam Hart-Davis, Isaac Newton became distracted […]
Travel Horror Stories
I’ve done a little travelling in my time. Confined to continental Europe, mostly it has been with my wife and a motorcycle. Although occasionally the […]