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[IP] More animated ID card humour





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From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 7, 2005 5:58:09 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: More animated ID card humour


Hi Dave:

You, and quite a few IPers, liked the Gilbert & Sullivan parody attacking the proposals for a National ID Card scheme here in the UK that I sent a few weeks ago - here's another one by the same authors, this time based on the Wizard of Oz!

    http://eclectech.co.uk/swizz.php

Cheers

Brian

PS A somewhat related story in today's Guardian newspaper reveals that the UK Government is abandoning plans for E-voting:




E-voting plans shelved after extensive trials

Julian Glover and Tania Branigan
Wednesday September 7, 2005
The Guardian

Plans to revive democracy by replacing ballot boxes with online e- elections were abandoned by the government yesterday.

The constitutional affairs minister, Harriet Harman, used a written parliamentary answer to announce the change of heart, after trials of e-voting in local council elections showed systems were expensive, unreliable and open to abuse.




Full (brief) story at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/ 0,3605,1564094,00.html

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