Mr B is at it again

[Watkin Simon]

> From: David Hansen [mailto:davidh@spidacom.co.uk]
> Sent: 23 May 2003 13:55
>
> >The Home Office will issue a paper summarising the responses to the 
> >official consultation on the introduction of entitlement cards, 
> >which was launched last July.
> 
> Yet we already know that they have magically shrunk the number of 
> people objecting to the idea. Just like that. That really gives me 
> confidence that the Home Office is honest. Is there any point in 
> responding on RIP when this menace is around?

This is an extract of an e-mail I have sent to the Director of Privacy
International, Simon Davies:

> You asked about counting of responses.  We're counting 
> everything at the moment - including 21 pieces of spam, 10 of 
> those offers of a slice of wealth, and dividing things up 
> between responses from individuals, public bodies, commercial 
> organisations and interest groups.
> 
> One individual has sent at least 27 e-mails, the choicest of 
> which, addressed to me, concludes: 
> 
> > You are nothing more than a pompous, stuffed shirt and 
> attempting to engage
> > in any reasoned debate with you is a complete waste of time 
> so I will not
> > further make such an attempt.
> 
> I'm still counting him as "one" respondent.  I have a 
> response from a body representing telecommunications users in 
> Scotland.  That's one too.
> 
> So, we will group the responses into categories and would 
> advise Ministers to indicate the responses with reference to 
> those categories.  I hope you know me well enough that I 
> would advise Ministers against treating separately composed 
> responses, whether received electronically or by mail, as a 
> single petition - that would be however many individual 
> responses.  Proforma responses we would count as a single 
> petition endorsed by however many individuals.

Simon Watkin
 


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