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Blunkett goes!!!

posted by [personal profile] purplecthulhu at 06:22pm on 15/12/2004
The headline on BBC News online says it all:

Blunkett quits as home secretary

More at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4099581.stm

Let's hope this is the first step to eliminating the ID cards/database state project.

The temptation to do a 'the wicked witch is dead' dance is almost irresistable!
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 10:33am on 15/12/2004
"Ding, dong the witch is dead!
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posted by [identity profile] pmcray.livejournal.com at 10:58am on 15/12/2004
Rejoice! Rejoice!
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posted by [identity profile] brisingamen.livejournal.com at 11:07am on 15/12/2004
Let's hope this is the first step to eliminating the ID cards/database state project.

Absolutely. It's the most pernicious piece of nonsense I've heard in a long time. I also hope for a more reasoned stance on dealing with asylum seekers, legislation about carrying knives, you name it ... I was not remotely surprised to hear that Blunko admired Howard. They have so much in common, except that we've not got rid of Howard yet.

The temptation to do a 'the wicked witch is dead' dance is almost irresistable!

I konw what you mean, but the problem is that, as is so often the case, the proper result has been arrived at for the wrong reasons.

Also, and I need to say this somewhere, it is practically guaranteed that if your leader says 'you have my full support', it'll be knives in the back within a fortnight.
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 01:08pm on 15/12/2004
I didn't think Tony Bliar had much support on anything, or is that changing?
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 03:53pm on 15/12/2004
Its not so much a matter of Blair having no support as there being a lack of a credible opposition, so he wins by default....
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 04:15pm on 15/12/2004
Sorry, I meant support from within his own party.
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 01:00pm on 15/12/2004
Thanks for reminding me. My UK passport is about to expire (my CDN passport expired long ago). They're charging CD$136 plus courier fees!
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 01:13pm on 15/12/2004
Interesting that the UK requires colour passport photos. Canada has moved to black & white only; largely because the Americans feel the definition is better.
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 12:56pm on 16/12/2004
Heard the expression: 'the more things change, the more they stay the same?'

Well, things are still the same here in Canada, ie. it's changing. Canuck passport photos can be colour again.

(No wonder we can't decide anything important: we can't even decide on a simple question with only 2 choices.)
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 03:54pm on 15/12/2004
Just wait until the biometric ones come in... You'll probably need to fly to Ottawa to get one then, or London, and the price will be greatly increased!
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 04:15pm on 15/12/2004
That's why I'm doing mine now!
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 08:41am on 16/12/2004
Are passports still good for 10 years? The consular section of the British High Commission in Ottawa doesn't seem to have it on their website, and I'd heard rumours that the 10 years was changing to 5.
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 08:45am on 16/12/2004
I believe they're still good for 10 years.

The possible shift to 5 years is that the data chips for the new biometric passports are only guaranteed for that length of time. They'd also be more expensive, more than doubling the cost of keeping a passport.
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 08:49am on 16/12/2004
Good. My last one expires in March of next year (2005), so I need to off my but and renew. Before the biometrics come into play!
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posted by [identity profile] major-clanger.livejournal.com at 02:10pm on 15/12/2004
No chance; Clarke has been appointed as replacement and has committed to support them.

Remember, the main difference these days between the Tories and Labour is that the former despise the working class and are desperate to keep them under control, whereas the latter think that with a hefty enough application of carrots and sticks the working class can be can be turned from smelly feckless layabouts into model Islington residents. In other words, both lots are ruthless authoritarians, except that Labour believes they are imposing the Will of the State for everyone's good.

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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 11:14pm on 15/12/2004
Dr Angry and I need to send a copy of our most comprehensive debunking of ID cards to the new Home Secretary post haste.
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posted by [identity profile] handslive.livejournal.com at 03:56pm on 15/12/2004
Have you seen Warren Ellis' comment on this?
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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 04:19pm on 15/12/2004
I think he minces his words;
if he has something to say, he should come right out and say it ;-)
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