Author Archives: Giolla

Reducing clothing choices in france

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According to news reports today the French have either banned the Burqa, niqab or veils. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find text of the actual bill to find out what has actually been banned as it makes quite a difference, mind as I don’t speak or read French it probably wouldn’t help if I could find the text of the bill. The French aren’t alone in such a ban as it’s already in place in Belgium and (allegedly) Syrian universities, however the details matter as all of them could be trivially worked around my anyone so minded to do … Continue reading →

More power to the useless

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I was going to write something about a few bits of recent news regarding HMRC, but life got in the way so I didn’t bother. However the Devils Knife covering the matter. So go and read their article which apart from proposing some terribly sensible suggestions for radical tax reform also asks the question which was bugging me, and others. Namely why when the HMRC have just admitted PAYE errors affecting 1.5 Million people and over 6 years of backlog on tax returns would it be a good idea to give them any control over us actually getting our wages. … Continue reading →

Rolling back legislation

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As other people have already commented our new lords and master in the condem alliance don’t seem to be in a terrible hurry to remove all the bad legislation that our previous glorious leaders brought in to trample on our freedoms. However over at The Register I learn that they are amending the utterly abysmal Digital economy act, there radical reform is that after you’ve failed to prove yourself innocent they won’t charge you to lodge an appeal. Oh unless of course too many people lodge “unnecessary appeals” in which case they will charge you. Mind ISP’s are still being … Continue reading →