Really? How come?

Oh, I got confused with e-voting.

I suspect it's the way it's done in the US that's causing Kern consternation.

I'm not sure it is, I think half of the problem is that something like 60% of people (that did vote) haven't voted for the UK Government that gets elected in a while (in Fact, I've just looked through the past 90 years of election results and the last time over 50% of the voters voted for the winning party was in 1931!) This leads people to believe there is no point in voting! Electoral Reform is in my opinion the obvious next step to take.

Paper ballots are, by comparison, easier to control, secure, and verify. X number of boxes should contain X number of ballots, all with the recognised mark. So long as there are proper processes around who can be around the box, where it goes, and where it's counted, we can have far more confidence in the outcome.

a solution to a problem that doesn't exist

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It's worth bearing in mind that Munroe has been a cartoonist for the last twelve years. I'm not saying he's wrong, but I also don't think he's God Of Computers.

Video's a few years old now but still stands up, I think. Electronic voting is, in many ways, a solution to a problem that doesn't exist and causes many more potential problems than it solves.

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My job title is never in the list, which is particularly galling since I’ve worked in insurance for 18 years.

I went to a talk he did and met him, he was a bit boring.

It's worth bearing in mind that Munroe has been a cartoonist for the last twelve years. I'm not saying he's wrong, but I also don't think he's God Of Computers.

Sure. I mean, you're arguing against something that no-one said, but sure, gl;hf.

Oh, I figured you agreed with him.

Probably. Most houses are built next to the side of the road for increased safety.

I've been to his talks twice and he was very funny both times.

Who is God of computers?

Bahahaha stupid Ken Clarke - Sony are still going to want to sell us Playstations, aren't they?

o.0

It was a play on "Germany are still going to want to sell us BMWs".

Are you being serious?

and I am uncomfortable with compulsory voting.

I'm a little torn on this, personally. Why are you uncomfortable with it?

It's a kind of unparallelled incompetence. This deal is so manifestly disliked that incentives need to be issued in the first place, and so damaging that the incentives don't actually outweigh the potential losses.

Ford Motor Co told British Prime Minister Theresa May that it is stepping up preparations to move production out of Britain, The Times reported on Tuesday.

The automaker told the prime minister during a private call with business leaders that it is preparing alternative sites abroad, The Times said.

Nobody is going to get what they want from this Brexit saga. The Brexiteers are not going to get what they want. I think the Brexit dream is slowly dying. I fear we remainers may not get what we want, although I should be delighted if some deus ex machina emerges in the final squeeze. I do not think that the scale of what has been done will give business what it wants; I think it will find itself without the certainty it needs. I do not think that the people who wanted to restrict ​immigration will get what they want. It is quite normal in political affairs for nobody to get what they want, but on this scale it is worth noting.
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What matters now is the interest not of parties, but of the people on the street—the citizens of this country. History will examine what we do very critically. The eye of history is on our generation. The people who will pay the price and who will write the history are the young. I do not think they will be kind. We should prepare ourselves for some very sharp criticism of the period we are in.