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Pukeleles on cock.

Pukes on ukelele

Pukelele, Shirley?

great band name.

Yes, punk uke band name.

If you are voting you might want to vote FOR the resolution that bans trail hunting on NT land

"Members’ resolution about trail hunting, exempt hunting and hound exercise on National Trust land"

Nice to see this passed (or endorsed by the membership at least)

So Andrew Powles, of boomer gammon fash group Restore Trust recommendation, got in, on a platform of don't-mention-slavery-or-colonialismgrim

As did Min Grimshaw, both recommended by the previous Board, and by Restore Trust, also got in.

I predict rough seas ahead for the NT.

Amazed no one has mentioned the travails of Professor Stock...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/28/sussex-professor-kathleen-stock-resigns-after-transgender-rights-row

Terfed out?

Not really that amazing given the hugely polarised and toxic nature of the public debate at the moment.

Sat two seats from Tim Davie of the BBC on a train to Glasgow. Anyone got a message for him?

Introduce yourself as Mr A Wilmore and ask him about what he wears to work.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/oct/29/bbcs-top-bosses-wear-like-corporation-dress-code-tim-davie

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/a_willmore

In fact, what is he wearing? Asking for a friend...

😂

T-Shirt, blue sweater, jeans, white adidas. I actually read that the other day, which was partly how I recognised him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59069662

House sold by someone impersonating as the owner, no crime has been committed (apparently)
Buyer is now legal owner of a house the original owner did not sell.
Law is hard.

Oh wow, that will make house purchases so much easier in the future.

I keep saying this in this thread, but the UK don't understand how much they're setting society back by being, for the most part, against the ID card scheme.

It's not really about my enthusiasm for forcing someone to carry around a piece of plastic, technologically we're way ahead of that now anyways. But giving each citizen a separate number in a central database can be the foundation for a lot of improvements in civil society. Sure, one can imagine ways it could be abused, but as with the case above, the current conventions sure as hell can be abused.

Why would an ID card be harder to obtain a duplicate of than a driving licence?

But giving each citizen a separate number in a central database can be the foundation for a lot of improvements in civil society.

Not sure I share your optimism..

Well, I am not embracing the card as such. That was the discussion a decade ago and the plastic version it's not something we really need nowadays.
But the digital ID you would need when entering changes to the land registry could be made very hard to duplicate or misuse. And should someone still be successful in faking it somehow, they would have left plenty of digital breadcrumbs that could be used in a swift prosecution.

Went to school with him. Older brother was in my year. CSB.

Not sure what I need an ID card for. I have a passport to prove my identity when necessary.

In Denmark you would have had to provide your CPR (sort of Social Security number) AND then use a single use code to sign-0ff the transaction (you're given a 100 of them at a time on a separate document). The CPR works for everything from medical prescriptions to tax, local authorities, online purchases etc... It makes everything easier IMO but obviously it's a bit Big Brother, while your pharmacist cannot access your tax records and the Treasury your doctor's notes I'd imagine the police (or a hacker) could potentially know absolutely everything about you.

But if that digital identity does get compromised it's likely that you're well and truly fucked.

I'm against ID cards, and I have one, as I come from a country that does them. While it's a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, as we already live in a de facto surveillance society, courtesy of stupid inventions like mobile phones and anti-social media, I'm certainly against the state surveillance version, too. If you think that people in countries where you have ID cards or 'digital ID' don't commit fraud, you're very naïve.