Posts by josephharris

There is no reason for identity cards; going back more decades than I'll tell you about I have not produced a polling card or other identity [except recently when my daughter makes me!]. Any system that requires identification to be checked will slow the process and either need more polling stations and staff [and cost money] or lead to the kind of queues at polling stations that other countries experience.

I am not aware of any serious problems to be solved, and in earlier years was very active politically. That identity proofs may be required elsewhere is irrelevant.

And the best voting system is a third one - the Alternative Vote - which maintains single member constituencies, and ensures that elected members are more representative of constituency opinion, rather that Party dogma.It reduces the power of Party central offices as well. PR puts ever more power in the hands of Party leaders, and leaves one without any certainty about who is one's MP. First Past the Post does give stronger government, but UK government has not had a majority vote since,I think, Attlee's post war Labour one.

costs of legal action

Even in the UK the costs of bringing an action are considerable; over recent decades even Legal Aid, which helped the poor and lower middle classes has been eroded almost to the point of uselessness. In the US such costs are generally higher.

Finding a lawyer to take on a case is not that easy. I suggest the case has enough in it to merit court time. Google does not like going to court, though; unless to erode copyright!

As a non-technical user of a machine far above my comprehension level - or pay grade - and starting with the days of MS-DOS, I have embarrassed myself, by email (thank goodness), even recently over email problems which mostly resolve to something I have forgotten should be checked, or an action like closing and restarting the email client [or is it agent?] to clear whatever log-jam has tied up the electrons.

I was more amused by the car stories. I have driven for - well never mind. But my cars have usually reached the scrap heap stage, so I am way behind in the technologies [bring back SU downdraft].My current car was a challenge to fill. I could not open the access flap, let alone discover if the cap required a key or not.

I spent some time examining the dashboard and under it for something that might say "Press to access fuel fill" - or something. I have my car seat quite forward, so it was about five minutes before my eyes ranged further and eventually saw a little lever to pull. One day I spent a few minutes looking at the driver's manual...

Ladies and gentlemen, you have my thanks for your patience and support. We try, but unlike the old Avis, we don't try harder :-)