Anyone know more about this BT "uk identity verification" scheme?

[Brian Beesley]

On Tuesday 18 March 2003 12:40, Owen Lewis wrote:
>
> One visible and deleterious instancing of this process of disaffection is
> the current and still growing abstinence of many from the democratic
> political process. In many elections, the abstainers are already in a
> majority. In a few years, they will be the silent majority in all
> elections. Laws should matter to people and be supported by general
> consensus. Where they are not supported or are unknown or held to be
> irrelevant, one has a society that is heading for collapse.

Indeed.
>
> A simple and useful start in remedying our situation would be to require
> that, for every new law or regulation that is introduced, at least one
> other law or regulation in the same field should be retired/repealed.

What about:

(a) when the number of votes not cast, added to the number of spoiled ballot 
papers, exceeds the number of votes cast for any individual candidate in a 
"first past the post" election, the post is left vacant for the period of the 
office. Similarly in a PR STV election, if the number of non-votes exceeds k 
quotas, leave k of the n seats vacant (i.e. elect only n-k members).

(b) all posts left vacant are to be counted as voting against all new 
legislation, including amendments which extend executive powers, but in 
favour of repeal of any existing legislation, including amendments which 
reduce executive powers.

(c) all legislation must be strictly time limited, e.g. must be reviewed 
following proper debate (not just "waved through") in each parliamentary 
session, otherwise will cease to take effect five years from the last date on 
which review was possible. (The time delay to allow for shortened sessions & 
to give time for oversights to be corrected).
>
> However, this firm cap on the growth of bureaucracy, would doubtless swell
> the ranks of the unemployed.

See if I care about political party hacks and their supporting structure of 
jobsworths hanging around Job Centres.

Brian Beesley