UK considering Digital ID. A couple of days left to give feedback.

@peterlee Not in this government.

@SunshineGirl

I agree only a few
Rachel Reeves
Yvette Cooper

Torsten Bell
Anneliese Dodds
Angela Eagle
Maria Eagle
Mandelson - not in the government
Ed Milliband - but he had to drop out

Agree not all
Bridget Phillipson French
Elle Reeves Law

Starmer did a little add on in Law at Teddy Hall. Not known for its academic prowess. Mel Stride went there did PPE but is a Tory. I dossed around there too.

@peterlee 6 out of 118 = c. 5%

@SunshineGirl But think of the quality of Rachel Reeves and Yvette Cooper. That makes up for quantity 🤭

Lovely though in Oxford, punting on the Cherwell. And walking through Oxford in full academic dress and a white bow tie made out of cardboard, just to go to an examination.

@peterlee She and her sister attended a state comprehensive school. I would focus on their success in earning places at an elite institution, rather than the ceremonials.

@SunshineGirl Oxford is circle within circle, you never really break into it.

Doors open then firmly close.

@peterlee Best move on from the cast of Alice in Wonderland, who are running the British Government today.

@peterlee For me, the Mad Hatters Tea Party lies in the fact that millions of people happily hand over their data every day to multi-national corporations with poor records of data security. They do not ask questions about what their details are being used for and private companies are bound by much looser rules on data security than public bodies. Yet when a government proposes using that same data for specific and limited purposes to improve public services (and fund a full public consultation in advance), this somehow feeds into the unthinking narrative that all governments are attempting to restrict freedom of speech.

@SunshineGirl Byung Chul Han makes those points.

But there are two ways we negate it, where our hope lies.
Big data is stored, and is acted upon as a complete memory.
We act upon a diverse set of memories, which may be inaccurate, and incomplete. Therefore our actions cannot be totally predicted.
Secondly, we do not react predictably to a discontinuity in our lives both personally for in society. Such as the death of a daughter, or an unexpected pandemic.