tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post7413506238621871481..comments2024-03-29T10:48:06.521+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Thumb PrintsKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-86456943714832978362010-05-02T13:51:23.996+01:002010-05-02T13:51:23.996+01:00Unintended consequences...
Second hand shops take...Unintended consequences...<br /><br />Second hand shops take a nose dive in turnover, as innocent & guilty alike rebel against being unlawfully thumb-printed..... Ebay reports sudden surge in private sellers........ Local councils lose income as yet more small shops close their doors...<br /><br />Can anyone think of any more...?Bryn, North Walesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-71384706372333391422010-04-30T14:36:22.258+01:002010-04-30T14:36:22.258+01:00A FUTURE FAIR FOR ALL
Sorry - off topic, but Gord...A FUTURE FAIR FOR ALL<br /><br />Sorry - off topic, but Gordon Broon said last night he disagreed with Conservative, and Lib Dem, plans to take away child credits - even though he knows they would only take them from higher / middle earners, not lower earners.<br /><br />So he is actually saying it's right that someone (with no kids) on 15K a year pays tax towards "credits" being payed out to someone (with kids) on 50K a year.<br /><br />Where's the fucking fairness in that ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-29844088491711307962010-04-30T12:22:10.036+01:002010-04-30T12:22:10.036+01:00Are the shops registered under the Data Protection...Are the shops registered under the Data Protection Act? <br /><br />Still, look on the bright side - there's probably less chance of this data going missing than from supposedly secure Govt departments...microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-17822471552283703402010-04-30T11:50:09.179+01:002010-04-30T11:50:09.179+01:00Gary, by the time the constabulary get round to th...Gary, by the time the constabulary get round to the shop the crim's mates will have already delivered a pair of broken legs.<br /><br />This is clearly an excellent programme for improving the income of farmers who hold car boot sales on their land.<br /><br />Of course, once the thumbprint readers are installed in all the Pubs to confirm who is selling what in the car park, the readers can be used to check the age of drinkers and whether they are non-approved persons who should be reported to Nanny.John B Strygenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-49070221022022526242010-04-30T09:00:32.152+01:002010-04-30T09:00:32.152+01:00I wonder how long the cooperation between the poli...I wonder how long the cooperation between the police and shopkeepers will last…….<br /><br /><b>With your help, Mr. Shopkeeper, we have successfully managed to track down the criminal who sold you those goods</b><br /><br />‘I’m glad that I could have been of service, but there was no need for you to come all this way to thank me’<br /><br /><b>We are not here to thank you, we are placing you under arrest</b><br /><br />‘What the fuck for?’<br /><br /><b>Dealing in stolen goods……You do not have to say anything…..etc</b><br /><br />‘Doh!’Garyhttp://www.campoamorgolf.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-45137791060992928652010-04-30T08:22:34.246+01:002010-04-30T08:22:34.246+01:00Plod will not be able to resist keeping the prints...Plod will not be able to resist keeping the prints.....Yet again, another example of lazy policing.<br />Yet another example of inocent people being treated like criminals.<br /><br />I am sure a Nanny yes sheep will still bleat; "If you've got nothing to hide.....Bahhhhhhhhh"<br />Welcome to the prison island formally known as Great Britain.Tonk.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-33907186265167525132010-04-30T08:05:50.025+01:002010-04-30T08:05:50.025+01:00"it will not affect law-abiding customers so ..."it will not affect law-abiding customers so they need not (have) fear of their thumbprint being obtained."<br /><br />Translation:<br /><br />"If you've got nothing to hide you've got nothing to fear."<br /><br />I would expect this sort of s**t from an ignorant bobby but a f*****g inspector..! If I set the law anyone in authority who sprouted words to that effect wouldn't even get a new job as a plastic PCSO never mind a sodding inspector.Speenzmannoreply@blogger.com