We agree a problem exists, we disagree on the solution. The problem is authoritarian regulations being misapplied to address an unrelated problem. Your solution is more authoritarianism. My solution … (View Post)

So we're settled then that there's no need for introducing universal ID. You're tackling the problem at the wrong end. (View Post)

No, it is not. There are a myriad of ways to pass checks. Like many PBers I have to undergo strict background screening and had to go through it again recently and there were a plethora of ways to do… (View Post)

Indeed, no Parliament can bind its successors so if a Government wants to change VAT to being on essential items they can do so, but it would be a tax increase. However they still pretend its on non-… (View Post)

If you want to "share the costs" amongst everyone then fund it out of general taxation, no need to create an authoritarian universal ID to do so. (View Post)