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Most recent annotations on things by Nick Palmer
- Robert Battersby: Tom Harris is certainly ducking and diving, but he has nowhere to go. In the reply to my support letter to Iain Coucher and Adrian Shooter's call for main line rail electrification, he dismisses... (27 January 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - Chris Lightfoot: collating the electoral roll (as is done commercially by 192.com and others) suffices to locate everyone who is not living illegally I am sure that the ludicrous analogy between the electoral... (6 June 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Chris Lightfoot: However, if someone else pretends to be Dr Bousfeld in order to gain access to drugs, it would be a good thing if we were able to check and unmask the imposter. If it's never compulsory for Dr... (2 June 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Stuart Beamish: Given the amount of ammendments the USA have found necessary, I would have thought the dangers of a written constitution were obvious. I would be happy to see ID cards used as passports, and... (29 May 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Nick Palmer MP: Well, as you say, it is theoretically possible in the absence of a written constitution for a future government to behave tyrannically. But such a hypothetical government would be able to do any... (27 May 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Robert Reynolds: Having read the full debate, how depressing. We have an unwritten constitution. This means any government, present or future, can do as it wishes. This Government cannot guarantee that a future... (24 April 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Nick Palmer MP: I'm sorry that I didn't see this post when it appeared last year - only just caught up with this part of the site. The way it will work is that your fingerprint will be compared with the... (13 April 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Nick Palmer MP: Thanks to all who've bothered to comment. Some responses: - My point about ID cards is that a voluntary scheme is pointless except as an introductory phase since it is intended to make it... (13 April 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Derek Bousfield: I must say that Nick Palmer's ham-fisted efforts to liken all those opposed to Identity Cards (including me) with "...criminals..." (a direct quotation) is offensive in the extreme. I am a... (27 March 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Robert Race: I think it might be a good idea to read what is said again Earle. (24 March 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Earle Martin: What an absolutely a disgraceful comment. Equating those who are against mandatory ID with criminals in this crude way is quite offensive. (24 March 2006)
Read annotation | All by this user - Sam Evans: People do not "wander" onto other people's gardens. The boundaries of a private garden are usually clearly marked, its private nature is apparent, and it is obvious to all that to "wander" on to... (7 December 2005)
Read annotation | All by this user - Sam Evans: That is exactly why the law needs to be clear, and overwhelmingly weighted in the favour of the householder. If the police can't be there to protect me (which they can't) it is abhorrent to try... (7 December 2005)
Read annotation | All by this user - stinky will: Member for Broxtowe ----I feel it is he who doesnt understand how it works he may well have been in IT most of his working life ,doing what i wonder (4 July 2005)
Read annotation | All by this user - Chris Lightfoot: "Both Members envisaged a programmable personal computer but, as someone who has worked in IT for most of my life, I would like to see the fingerprint reader that enables someone to introduce a... (3 July 2005)
Read annotation | All by this user - Alan Taylor: Why cannot these people deal honestly instead of looking for ways to score political points to gain favour with the Leader of the controlling party? How can a database ascertain your identity... (1 July 2005)
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