Look at Hunting. They intend to use the Parliament act to force it through the Lords. Think about that for a moment. The Lords is a mechanism to prevent Parliament enacting bad law. The Parliament act is a way to overrule that check in an emergency - for example if the Lords is blocking a Finance act and so preventing the Govt doing anything. The hunting bill isn't an emergency.
This is nonsense. The Lords have no say on finance bills so the Parliament act would not be used. There is no requirement for an emergency to use the Parliament act and as it can only be used if the Lords twice block a Commons bill so any emergency in likely to be over by the time a bill could go through this procedure. The Parliament act is designed to unblock stalemates between the Commons and the Lords and ensure the supremacy of the elected house over the unelected one. The Commons have voted to ban hunting 7? times in the past 5 years so this is exactly the situation it was designed for.
However I still believe that this government is a bunch of facist control freaks.
Can someone explain why there is a push for ID cards of this sort?
The explanation is that David Blunkett is a facist control freak in a department of facist control freaks.
The justification given for these cards has varied over the last 5 years with the current bogey man e.g. asylum seekers(codeword for illegal imigrant), benefit fraud(at one point they were trying to pass them off as "entitlement cards"), terrorism, identity theft etc. but they have not produced a coherent explanation as to how any of these problems would be solved by their cards.
The problem in the UK is not socialist medicine (whatever that is) but underfunding. The USA spends 3 times as much per capita as the UK on healthcare. Despite this we still live on average a year longer than in the USA.
The MMR vaccine used in the UK has always been thimerasol free. There are several formulations of MMR vaccine that have been used worldwide but they are all usually just referred to as MMR which helps confuse matters.
Northern Ireland is part of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". It isn't part of Great Britain which is the large island to its east comprising Scotland, England & Wales.
The reason the plug is keyed is to ensure that the fuse is on the live wire. If the plug could be reversed then you could blow the fuse and the current would stop but you still have live voltage
in your equipment.
They got rid of CFCs, which is undoubtedly a good thing. Interestingly, the #1 ozone layer killer now is entirely natural: farts. A cow produces around a gallon of methane per day, no idea how much the average human farts during 24 hours.
Methane does not damage the ozone layer, perhaps you are thinking of global warming?
The main damage to the ozone layer is still caused by chlorine. CFCs last for about 50 years in the atmosphere and it is still being emitted from old fridges etc. There will be plenty of CFC floating around in the atmosphere for a long time yet.
Don't pay the license fee, you get a hefty fine and are likely to go to jail. They have trucks cruising around the country looking for non-registered TVs, and you are guilty until proven innocent when the Telestapo raids you for non fee-payment.
The maximum sentence for license fee evasion is a fine, you can not go to jail for this. The "Telestapo" are nothing to do with the BBC, have no power of entry so can't raid you and have to prove that you are illegally using a TV without a license, you don't have to prove anything.
The 911 operators are going to love all the silent calls they get from peoples bags/pockets. It's a big problem in the UK and here you have to acidentally press the wrong key (9) 3 times in a row.
when analogue broadcasts are switched off in the UK, TV licensing won't be able to claim possession of an analogue-only TV is cause for obtaining a license, just to own a set for gaming or watching tapes or DVDs on.
You don't need a license to possess a tv set, or to use one for watching DVDs, you only need a TV license to receive brodcast TV.
My computer has a 250 watt power supply. The power supply will always draw 250 watts regardless of the load I place on it, whatever I don't use goes to ground.
No, your power supply will draw however much power your components need (plus a few % as it isn't 100% efficient) up to a maximum of 250 watts. Typically the load will be about 50 to 100 watts.
They put lN2 in the cans of Guiness with the widget in the bottom. It turns to gas very quickly after they fill the can and povides the extra pressure to generate the head when you open it.
There isn't any polycarbonate on the label side of a pressed CD, just a thin coat of lacquer over the reflective layer and the label. A small scratch or chip and the data is gone.
The methane produced by cows is generated towards the mouth end of a cows digestive system (in the sac that holds partly chewed food prior to "chewing the cud") and is vented through the mouth, not farted.
According to the BBC it was the Orbiter Experiments Recorder that they found which was designed to provide data on Columbia's test flights. I'm surprised they didn't remove it when they last refurbished it to reduce weight.
Europe is more than one country. In the UK you can get bank accounts & credit cards by mail. If you don't apply in person banks are required to see 2 documents confirming identity & 2 confirming your address to stop money laundering but I don't think credit card companies do.
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Look at Hunting. They intend to use the Parliament act to force it through the Lords. Think about that for a moment. The Lords is a mechanism to prevent Parliament enacting bad law. The Parliament act is a way to overrule that check in an emergency - for example if the Lords is blocking a Finance act and so preventing the Govt doing anything. The hunting bill isn't an emergency.
This is nonsense. The Lords have no say on finance bills so the Parliament act would not be used. There is no requirement for an emergency to use the Parliament act and as it can only be used if the Lords twice block a Commons bill so any emergency in likely to be over by the time a bill could go through this procedure. The Parliament act is designed to unblock stalemates between the Commons and the Lords and ensure the supremacy of the elected house over the unelected one. The Commons have voted to ban hunting 7? times in the past 5 years so this is exactly the situation it was designed for.
However I still believe that this government is a bunch of facist control freaks.
Can someone explain why there is a push for ID cards of this sort?
The explanation is that David Blunkett is a facist control freak in a department of facist control freaks.
The justification given for these cards has varied over the last 5 years with the current bogey man e.g. asylum seekers(codeword for illegal imigrant), benefit fraud(at one point they were trying to pass them off as "entitlement cards"), terrorism, identity theft etc. but they have not produced a coherent explanation as to how any of these problems would be solved by their cards.
The problem in the UK is not socialist medicine (whatever that is) but underfunding. The USA spends 3 times as much per capita as the UK on healthcare. Despite this we still live on average a year longer than in the USA.
The MMR vaccine used in the UK has always been thimerasol free. There are several formulations of MMR vaccine that have been used worldwide but they are all usually just referred to as MMR which helps confuse matters.
Apart from the fact that the inside of the plant is bombarded by neutrons in use and ends up very radioactive.
Northern Ireland is part of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". It isn't part of Great Britain which is the large island to its east comprising Scotland, England & Wales.
The reason the plug is keyed is to ensure that the fuse is on the live wire. If the plug could be reversed then you could blow the fuse and the current would stop but you still have live voltage in your equipment.
Don't they have multiple warheads, it should be ~100 mushroom clouds.
Methane does not damage the ozone layer, perhaps you are thinking of global warming? The main damage to the ozone layer is still caused by chlorine. CFCs last for about 50 years in the atmosphere and it is still being emitted from old fridges etc. There will be plenty of CFC floating around in the atmosphere for a long time yet.
I've never heard the BBC call suicide bombers "freedom fighters". Can you provide even one example of a BBC report that says that? Don't think so.
The maximum sentence for license fee evasion is a fine, you can not go to jail for this. The "Telestapo" are nothing to do with the BBC, have no power of entry so can't raid you and have to prove that you are illegally using a TV without a license, you don't have to prove anything.
The BBC and the government are two separate organisations, as should be obvious from the whole Kelly affair.
The BBC is not slanted left, most of the right seem to think if you tell a lie often enough, people will start to believe it.
The 911 operators are going to love all the silent calls they get from peoples bags/pockets. It's a big problem in the UK and here you have to acidentally press the wrong key (9) 3 times in a row.
You don't need a license to possess a tv set, or to use one for watching DVDs, you only need a TV license to receive brodcast TV.
No, your power supply will draw however much power your components need (plus a few % as it isn't 100% efficient) up to a maximum of 250 watts. Typically the load will be about 50 to 100 watts.
Yes, vote Tory. Bring back the good old days of 4.5 million unemployed, double digit inflation & interest rates etc.
They put lN2 in the cans of Guiness with the widget in the bottom. It turns to gas very quickly after they fill the can and povides the extra pressure to generate the head when you open it.
What size dewars are you getting for $200? We get charged £0.085 (about 12 cents) a litre.
There isn't any polycarbonate on the label side of a pressed CD, just a thin coat of lacquer over the reflective layer and the label. A small scratch or chip and the data is gone.
I think that it was only one (between a couple of tanks near Basra).
They don't have to treat isopropyl alcohol to make it poisonous, it is poisonous already.
The methane produced by cows is generated towards the mouth end of a cows digestive system (in the sac that holds partly chewed food prior to "chewing the cud") and is vented through the mouth, not farted.
According to the BBC it was the Orbiter Experiments Recorder that they found which was designed to provide data on Columbia's test flights. I'm surprised they didn't remove it when they last refurbished it to reduce weight.
Europe is more than one country. In the UK you can get bank accounts & credit cards by mail. If you don't apply in person banks are required to see 2 documents confirming identity & 2 confirming your address to stop money laundering but I don't think credit card companies do.