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I should have added - it is quite interesting to see the government express support for an electoral system that isn't FPTP. Of course they'd immediately revert to form when it comes to changing the parliamentary election system Repairing previous damage. We have the precedent that major...

https://www.localgov.co.uk/Devo-Bill-to-reintroduce-supplementary-vote-in-blow-to-Reform/62673 Not the greatest source as its paywalled but the major news sites haven't got around to it yet - but essentially this is a reversal of the Tories' blatant attempt to try to unseat Sadiq Khan and...

I'd go further and say it could be like driving licences in that I could obtain a "share code" to give to those who need it, eg banks, landlords and employers who all have a legal requirement to check the identity of applicants. They could put it into a system, get a nice green tick with...

Don't forget that the utility bill sometimes has to be printed by the utility company, for no apparent reason. I once had this when buying a Devon and Cornwall railcard (where you need to show proof of residency). I note that Canada's voter ID law, which is something we should look at adopting...

That's a different scenario. It's fair enough that some people will win and realise it's not for them, or there was a change of circumstances between nominations closing and election day, but I would argue that current employment status is among the first questions you'd ask of a candidate...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/07/reform-uk-to-introduce-less-stringent-common-sense-vetting-system-for-candidates They had a candidate that was disqualified because he worked for the council he wished to seek election to - which was apparently only discovered after he had won...

That would probably set off the countries that don't want an ID card, including the UK (then a member) and Denmark, as well as countries that have never issued ID cards such as Ireland, so how would you standardise it? paper licences were obsoleted in the late 90s, so you have an odd idea of...

Those are private businesses though. I would assume Kate follows royal practice in that she wasn't using the local NHS oncology service. A better example might be that some staff at Ipswich hospital received disciplinary action for trying to look at Ed Sheeran's medical records, but that shows...

and indeed some of those that don't. Denmark has a regionally-issued ID card which doesn't quite fit the mould (I believe it isn't valid for intra-EU travel for example, nor would it be useful to travel to the UK for Danish citizens with settled status) though the Danish government accepts it...

People who are not UK citizens cannot have a UK passport. It is harder for the UK govt to verify the authenticity of a foreign passport. Passports are expensive and difficult to apply for. A first adult passport requires an interview. Passports are inconvenient to carry. This is why the...

My main complaint about the Blair era system was the database behind it, not the physical card. I'm not opposed to databases in principle (we're already on several) but the idea that it could scope creep into collecting far more data than is necessary to administer the system, eg it was...

I've had Google ping up the same headline from two different Retch brands over the last few days. Something about the compensation offered to Three customers following a recent outage. I presume that if I was actually a Three customer, I'd have got an email from them directly. Given all their...

In regards to "going through the motions" on job ads. I wonder if that also leads to inflation of the statistics the major job websites put up, ie "500 people applied for this job", and that is then used uncritically by journalists as a sign of where the industry or the wider economy is going...

Reminiscent of UKIP MEPs having a punchup in the European Parliament. True, though the email from the CEO points out that they are currently flying the Armed Forces Flag (I believe this is not an official flag of the MoD but presumably a way to show support) and perhaps most importantly for...

Flags again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gee4w7djzo It seems the teenager and reform councillor who is acting leader of Warwickshire Council (the former leader recently resigned citing health concerns) thinks that he can impose Reform's flag edict by email. The CEO has rightly...

Although I'm only a millennial, my main "old man rant" is how Discord has usurped so much of the formerly open internet. Forums and IRC chat rooms replaced by this proprietary system, controlled by a single company who obviously wants to make money from doing so and requires their bloated...

That Google breaking news thing is just useless. It's even worse when it brings up "headlines" from websites that I have never heard of (they sound like random blogs, rather than some newspaper that's unfamilar to me), with headlines that make the Sun look restrained. One day I'll muster the...

The Falcon was also designed by people who knew what they were doing, and was largely a conventional design (except for the bits required for reuse). Starship meanwhile is going backwards. It has never achieved the actual goal of launching anything to orbit, and now they can't even keep the...

Some years ago, the Truro College bus pass gave you free travel on other First services. It was of no use to me as I was in Western Greyhound territory except for that college special. I think I just bought my bus pass from the council instead as it was easier/cheaper to get (no queues) but...

This is the calibre of the modern Torygraph: https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/faked-telegraph-article/ and to think the former government decided this newspaper was in desperate need of protection from foreign ownership...