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One step to combating fraud would be to curb the use of postal and proxy voting and restrict it to the severely ill, the disabled, or those with long-standing arrangmenets to be elsewhere. I've always felt uncomfortable with the ease postal or proxy votes can be obtained as they carry the risk that the voter's choice will not be secret or not be their own decision.

That UKIP official who was in the Sunday press for saying that bigots should have a party of their own too?
Went to college with him, where he was called 'Matt the Bigot'. He was a bit of a ('Piers Morgan' - Ed.) back then, too.

I feel dirty using this as a claim to fame.

Surely it wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to devise a system whereby you could go to any polling station.

I wonder whether the negative name calling only served to harden his views where his views should have been challenged in a constructive forum. College, aye? .

*whispers*

National ID cards

Kern wrote:

I don't agree. We need to make it easier for people to vote, not harder. The current system is archaic, if I couldn't postal vote then there is a reasonable chance I couldn't get to my local polling station, due to work commitments. (I work a long way from my house on a daily basis, and regularly work away from home on short notice.)

Trains are fucked, so i've come back home! Woohoo!

...I may have done Quorn bacon in the freezer..

I am also at home. And completely baconless.

I always find fake bacon flavour to be overly strong and not actually taste of bacon.

We're having to move our Warrington office in a couple of months time.
The preferred new location has offered us a "premium fibre" internet connection for £130 a month offering 2mb of high speed access.
Or for just £350 a month we can increase that to 10mb...

By contrast Virgin will give us 152mb for £45, but the landlords don't want us to install our own connection. No prizes for guessing why....

Trains are fucked, so i've come back home! Woohoo!

Trooper wrote:

Trains are fucked, so i've come back home! Woohoo!

It looks like the Red Bull F1 team (including drivers) are on the ski slope at Xcape, if you wanted something to do at lunchtime

Is the broadband provider your landlord?

You can't do one in each corner though. Boo-urns.

Russell actually left me instructions here somewhere.

Try the windows key plus the arrows keys?

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Author:	MaliA [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:14 ]
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The electoral role in Bradford has been reduced by 5% as a result of the new system* to stop electoral fraud. That's 20,000 people. In the City Ward, it's dropped by 14%. That's quite alarming. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n ... clampdown/ *Each person has to register individually now, and not just have one person signing up a whole household.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:35 ]
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Electoral rolls in Oxford have been heavily hit because colleges and halls are no longer able to register students en-masse. I'm torn on this one. Access to the ballot is extremely important and we should put nothing in the way to prevent those eligible from registering. On the other hand, we need to feel that the register is accurate and contains only eligible voters, and if people are unwilling to register they should not be surprised if they don't get a vote or find it hard to get insurance. Certainly, more publicity is needed, but it's depressing that people don't think it's important. One step to combating fraud would be to curb the use of postal and proxy voting and restrict it to the severely ill, the disabled, or those with long-standing arrangmenets to be elsewhere. I've always felt uncomfortable with the ease postal or proxy votes can be obtained as they carry the risk that the voter's choice will not be secret or not be their own decision.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:50 ]
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That UKIP official who was in the Sunday press for saying that bigots should have a party of their own too? Went to college with him, where he was called 'Matt the Bigot'. He was a bit of a ('Piers Morgan' - Ed.) back then, too. I feel dirty using this as a claim to fame.

Author:	markg [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:52 ]
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Well at least he is honest.

Author:	Trooper [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:55 ]
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Kern wrote: One step to combating fraud would be to curb the use of postal and proxy voting and restrict it to the severely ill, the disabled, or those with long-standing arrangmenets to be elsewhere. I've always felt uncomfortable with the ease postal or proxy votes can be obtained as they carry the risk that the voter's choice will not be secret or not be their own decision. I don't agree. We need to make it easier for people to vote, not harder. The current system is archaic, if I couldn't postal vote then there is a reasonable chance I couldn't get to my local polling station, due to work commitments. (I work a long way from my house on a daily basis, and regularly work away from home on short notice.)

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Author:	markg [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:56 ]
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Surely it wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to devise a system whereby you could go to any polling station.

Author:	Satsuma [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:59 ]
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Kern wrote: That UKIP official who was in the Sunday press for saying that bigots should have a party of their own too? Went to college with him, where he was called 'Matt the Bigot'. He was a bit of a ('Piers Morgan' - Ed.) back then, too. I feel dirty using this as a claim to fame. I wonder whether the negative name calling only served to harden his views where his views should have been challenged in a constructive forum. College, aye? Just a thought. I'm not saying that you didn't challenge his views but surely the moniker "Matt The Bigot" couldn't have helped. And I'm not saying that's anyone's fault either. It's just a thought. I'm not picking a fight or nothing I'm just saying I don't like name calling and name calling can actually be incredibly hurtful. Unless your nick name is Rad Johnny Johnson Jnr of Funkytown.

Author:	DavPaz [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:59 ]
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whispers National ID cards

Author:	Trooper [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:01 ]
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markg wrote: Surely it wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to devise a system whereby you could go to any polling station. The whole system underneath is archaic, there isn't any join up of data between parishes. It possible, but not easy.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:05 ]
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Saturnalian wrote: I wonder whether the negative name calling only served to harden his views where his views should have been challenged in a constructive forum. College, aye? . I think he encouraged it.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 13:11 ]
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DavPaz wrote: whispers National ID cards Northern Ireland has an electoral ID card, which is free to obtain. Any such system risks becoming a form of poll tax, and people shouldn't be denied the right to vote because they haven't bought a card.

Author:	Goddess Jasmine [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 20:37 ]
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Trooper wrote: Kern wrote: One step to combating fraud would be to curb the use of postal and proxy voting and restrict it to the severely ill, the disabled, or those with long-standing arrangmenets to be elsewhere. I've always felt uncomfortable with the ease postal or proxy votes can be obtained as they carry the risk that the voter's choice will not be secret or not be their own decision. I don't agree. We need to make it easier for people to vote, not harder. The current system is archaic, if I couldn't postal vote then there is a reasonable chance I couldn't get to my local polling station, due to work commitments. (I work a long way from my house on a daily basis, and regularly work away from home on short notice.) Exactly

Author:	Trooper [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:33 ]
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Trains are fucked, so i've come back home! Woohoo!

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:58 ]
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My 85 year old neighbours have either a phone ringtone, doorbell or similar which seems to play what sounds like a Casio Keyboard version of the first few bars of Nirvana's Come As You Are. It won't stop going off this morning. It's driving me up the wall.

Author:	Satsuma [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 13:00 ]
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I "snapped" the folder explorer thing into the corner. Then I "snapped" Word in ANOTHER corner. FUCKING I FUCKING RULEZ. #snap #snapping #snappysnapsnap

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:01 ]
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Trooper wrote: Trains are fucked, so i've come back home! Woohoo! Working from home = working with bacon. I am also at home. Though not working. And completely baconless. Actually, I may have done Quorn bacon in the freezer. I definitely have some awesome veggie sausages. Hmm... Might be a plan.

Author:	Trooper [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:03 ]
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Mrs T was away at the weekend. My lunch on saturday was 16 rashers of bacon.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:04 ]
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I'm also working from home, with a cat that won't leave the bloody laptop alone. Strangely, productivity is unaffected.

Author:	Bobbyaro [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:04 ]
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Mimi wrote: ...I may have done Quorn bacon in the freezer.. Mimi wrote: I am also at home. And completely baconless. Just a bit of reordering.

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:45 ]
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Yeah, it's not the same, but makes a nice sandwich

Author:	Bobbyaro [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:47 ]
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I always find fake bacon flavour to be overly strong and not actually taste of bacon.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:43 ]
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We're having to move our Warrington office in a couple of months time. The preferred new location has offered us a "premium fibre" internet connection for £130 a month offering 2mb of high speed access. Or for just £350 a month we can increase that to 10mb... By contrast Virgin will give us 152mb for £45, but the landlords don't want us to install our own connection. No prizes for guessing why....

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:45 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote: I always find fake bacon flavour to be overly strong and not actually taste of bacon. I couldn't find any in the great freezer dig of January. I had a veggie sausage sandwich instead. It was THEMOSTAWESOMEFOODEVER

Author:	Grim... [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:12 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: We're having to move our Warrington office in a couple of months time. The preferred new location has offered us a "premium fibre" internet connection for £130 a month offering 2mb of high speed access. Or for just £350 a month we can increase that to 10mb... By contrast Virgin will give us 152mb for £45, but the landlords don't want us to install our own connection. No prizes for guessing why.... How was that not a deal-breaker?

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:27 ]
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I've only just found out about it, and don't know if anything has been signed yet. If it's down to me, it absolutely would be a non-starter.

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:45 ]
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Sorry for the lay-person stupidity, but why do they not want you to install your own?

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:47 ]
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Is the broadband provider your landlord?

Author:	Grim... [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:49 ]
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Because they're getting a backhander from the current provider, I suspect.

Author:	Trousers [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:50 ]
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I can't get fibre where I am in Warrington so count yourself lucky you bastard. It's brilliant downloading 18GB patches at 300k/s.

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:51 ]
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Ookie... I see, so kind of acting as a reseller by factoring in the service with the rent. That's crap.

Author:	Grim... [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:55 ]
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Trooper wrote: Trains are fucked, so i've come back home! Woohoo! It looks like the Red Bull F1 team (including drivers) are on the ski slope at Xcape, if you wanted something to do at lunchtime

Author:	Satsuma [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 13:01 ]
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You can't do one in each corner though. Boo-urns.

Author:	Trooper [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 13:09 ]
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Grim... wrote: Trooper wrote: Trains are fucked, so i've come back home! Woohoo! It looks like the Red Bull F1 team (including drivers) are on the ski slope at Xcape, if you wanted something to do at lunchtime Doesn't look to be much of a spectator event, and i'm not sure me wiping out an F1 driver a month before the first race would go down too well

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 13:14 ]
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Assemble, Peons! I am about to try and make the tellybox function...

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 13:18 ]
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Mimi wrote: Is the broadband provider your landlord? Not quite, but not far off. All the IT services in the building are provided by a separate company, and it's part of the conditions of the lease that you can't get your own lines installed. The owners of the business centre and the owners off the IT company all used to work together, so it's very incestuous. This wouldn't be a problem if they were charging a sensible amount, but they are taking the piss. They will have their own leased line into the building which they are then subsdividing for the tenants, and charging far more than it's worth.