Essays

Response to the Consultation on the Data Sharing for Identity Verification Services

To: dea-data-sharing@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk; Cc: Mr Drew Hendry, MP for Inverness and Nairn  By Douglas Brodie I am strongly opposed to the proposals on identity verification. This is yet another example of government overreach, a vaguely-worded slippery slope towards a totalitarian surveillance state.   The government has lost the trust of the people through its criminal mishandling

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Letter to a Mainstream Straddler

Live Not by Half-Lies By Margaret Anna Alice “We have so hopelessly ceded our humanity that for the modest handouts of today we are ready to surrender up all principles, our soul, all the labors of our ancestors, all the prospects of our descendants—anything to avoid disrupting our meager existence. We have lost our strength,

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Stop Feeding the Beast

Before You Use the Internet Before buying online, consider going to a small shop or market. Before writing a personal email, consider writing a handwritten letter and sending it off by mail. Before sharing a personal thought on social media, consider writing a diary. Before looking up a recipe online, could you find the same

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