Category Archives: follow up

World IPv6 day

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I do apologise to wander once more onto geekier topics, but largely un-noticed today is World IPv6 Day. Which was hoping to make people more aware of IPv6 and the need to get ready for it – I’m not sure how well it’s done outside of people who already knew about it. Outside of the techy press the Gaurdian picked up on it and apparently Ed Vaizey said something about it. Despite it being a very low key event this is something you need to care about, as it will actually be terribly important. So get a cup of tea … Continue reading →

Spending our taxes

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Just to follow up on yesterdays post on Tax freedom day, I realise I didn’t mention how much the EU spent. Thankfully due to an article brought to my attention by Penny Dreadful I can now correct this, as the Telegraph have all the gritty details all 9.2 billion of them! 9.2 Billion being the “Amount British taxpayers contributed to the EU in 2010.”, which makes the (presumably additional) “£3 billion Amount of ‘stealth taxes’ to be levied on Britons under European Commission plans to generate one third of the EU budget by 2020 using direct taxation powers. ” Quite … Continue reading →

Rally against debt round up

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Just a quick round up of further posts I’ve come across regarding the rally against debt, in particular order and without rhyme or reason. Angry Exile over on Orphans of Liberty has a round up of where it’s being largely ignored by the main stream media and lists the ways to get out of the debt. Brian Micklethwait has a lovely collection of photo’s of the various signs at the rally (hat tip Samizdata). There’s a guest post over at Old Holborns wondering when wanting private enterprise and individual responsibility become a radical view point in this country. +10