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  1. MarkyMark says:
    September 28, 2025 at 6:43 pm

    If the Swiss do it we should do it!
    28 September 2025, 16:21 BST
    “Swiss voters narrowly approve plan for electronic ID cards”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr624j16jpo

    With all votes counted, 50.4% of those who voted said yes to the proposal, while 49.6% rejected it.

    Switzerland has a long tradition of protecting its citizens’ privacy. The banking secrecy laws, now much diluted, were designed to shield an individual’s personal finances from the prying eyes of the state.

    ………

    Pieth says that Switzerland benefited from its neutrality during World War II by purchasing vast amounts of gold from Allied and Axis powers. It exchanged the precious metal for Swiss francs, the only free convertible currency at the time outside the American dollar.23 Jun 2019

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  2. Fedup2 says:
    September 28, 2025 at 6:56 pm

    A a constable may arrest without warrant any person who fails to produce an ID card when demanded . It is an offence to fail to produce an ID when required by a Constable or other State officer designated by the Secretary of State .

    Failure to comply will incur a period of imprisonment of 6 months and unlimited fine .

    Coming our way soon … or not – petition over 2.3 million now …

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    • MarkyMark says:
      September 28, 2025 at 7:08 pm

      “In a common law legal system like that of England and Wales, the general rule is that there is no obligation for a person to provide identification papers on demand unless they are a foreign national subject to immigration control and have refused to present their documents to a UK Border Force officer, or the request is part of a lawful stop-and-identify procedure, or is made by a court in civil proceedings under specific rules about disclosure of documents. The recent announcement of a future digital ID scheme suggests this practice may change, but currently, for most citizens, there is no general legal duty to carry or present ID to authorities on demand. “

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  3. MarkyMark says:
    September 28, 2025 at 7:10 pm

    “Democracy just means rule by the majority, that is now a dirty term.”

    David Starkey INTERROGATED by audience as he charts decline of Britain | David Starkey Talks

    Comment “I am from India and whenever I see or read works of such great intellectual magnificence, it makes me super jealous. Alas, men of such eloquence and brilliance shall never come out of the new Islamic UK.”

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    • Fedup2 says:
      September 28, 2025 at 7:24 pm

      Marky – thx – very hard to watch due to the sound . The big problem Lord Starkey presents is that he is good at pointing out the decline and failures – but not so much on remedies .

      He does remind me of my old law professors in seminars making heads spin … particularly of those who had failed to prepare ….

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      • MarkyMark says:
        September 28, 2025 at 7:30 pm

        Starkey solution is to kick out all the judges and to ensure that laws are enacted. Or visit tony blair ….

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        Time for Digital ID: A New Consensus for a State That Works

        It is time for digital ID. The British public is running out of patience with a state that does not work, where interactions with public services are beset by inconveniences and delays even as outcomes slip and costs rise.

        Citizens are rightly expecting the government to deliver common-sense solutions or make way. Digital ID is one such solution – and there is a massive political upside for those who embrace it. Build a system that works and voters will respond.

        Public-opinion research commissioned by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), published for the first time in this paper, shows that digital ID enjoys majority support among the British public, with 62 per cent in favour and just 19 per cent opposed.

        Potential Reform UK voters, despite the party leadership’s opposition to the idea, are twice as likely to support digital ID than they are to oppose it.

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  4. Jeff says:
    September 28, 2025 at 7:28 pm

    Just got home and checking the BBC News channel for the footie results (wish I hadn’t) when I came across this…

    “A woman has been raped by a group of men in a churchyard in Banbury. The woman, in her thirties, was attacked in the grounds of St Mary’s Church and the surrounding area of the town centre in the early hours of Sunday morning…”

    The police then go on to appeal to the public to “identify the offenders”.

    So, the police are clearly desperate to capture this gang of rapists, but (for some inexplicable reason) fail to give us any sort of description of the perpetrators.

    Now, I wonder why that might be…

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  5. wwfc says:
    September 28, 2025 at 7:34 pm

    895 rats arrived yesterday .

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  6. MarkyMark says:
    September 28, 2025 at 7:41 pm

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  7. MarkyMark says:
    September 28, 2025 at 7:48 pm

    “We all owe Tony Blair a great debt” (c)Pat McFadden
    https://institute.global/future-of-britain-2024-closing-session#cs2
    The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden with Jon Sopel

    ………….

    “During the speech as it was confirmed that the first Budget of the new Government would be on July 2. The centrepiece of Chancellor Gordon Brown’s package will be a £3 billion welfare-to-work programme for the young unemployed financed by a one-off windfall tax on the privatised utilities.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/news/06/0602/welfare.shtml

    one-off windfall tax on the privatised utilities
    one-off windfall tax on the privatised utilities

    HA HA HAH AHAH !

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  8. MarkyMark says:
    September 28, 2025 at 8:25 pm

    Comment “I was in Liverpool today. There was protests there too against digital ID, where is that news?”

    Starmer calls Reform migrant policy ‘racist’ and immoral’ at Labour conference

    “Build Baby Build”

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    • Fedup2 says:
      September 28, 2025 at 8:36 pm

      I thought – for a laugh – I’d look at the Labour Party conference site – there’s a brave section about ‘achievements ‘ – free breakfast clubs are at number 1 – and gets mentioned twice in the list – unlimited baby killing doesn’t get a mention – nor killing the old …for some reason …

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      • MarkyMark says:
        September 28, 2025 at 8:47 pm

        500000 more children eligible for free school meals
        ** eligible but schools might not have them or be able to pay

        5 interest rate cuts with Labour

        Highest sustained increase in defence since cold war.

        Summer blitz on crime in 500 towns

        Landmark deal with France to return small boat migrants (1in,1out = 0)

        Over 5 million extra NHS appointments

        2 million meals served at free breakfast clubs
        free – if you don’t pay taxes.

        A new focus on Britains security in the face of modern threats

        A pay rise for over 3 million workers
        minimum wage increase.

        An intendent voice for Britain’s armed forces.

        Biggest investment for hospices in a generation

        Biggest overhall of the water sector in a generation

        Brining the NHS closer to home

        Taking weapons off the streets

        Saving 2700 steel jobs in Scunthorpe

        Cutting bills for millions of families

        Fastest growing economy in the G7

        Green light for Sizewell C delivering more clean power

        Healtcare in your hands with the NHS App upgrade

        Landmark defence deals secure Britain’s future

        Delivering change

        https://labour.org.uk/delivery-feed/

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