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It will increase. Do you think the Welsh should be ending their 'firebreak' lockdown when everyone knows the number of infections will rise when people are allowed to mingle, at the same time that the number of patients in Welsh hospitals with coronavirus is now the highest since the height of the pandemic in April? Straightforward answer please.

Got it now, but what a load of waffle! The first story is about a man who doesn't have the correct paperwork so he employs 'several' lawyers to track it down (who knows how much that cost), he then discovers he needs to change his name in court which will cost around $250 which he refuses to pay! Then there's a quote from a lawyer stating : Which makes sense doesn't it - legally you would want to ensure that EVERYONE has the legal right to vote and the only way to do that is with appropriate papers! Then there's a story about someone who had a mistake on their birth certificate where an 'E' was added instead of an 'A'. This problem was resolved. Finally there's a story about a woman whose name doesn't match what is on her birth certificate so she's going to legally change her name. Isn't that what we also have in the UK, if you want to change your name you need to do it legally if you want to vote, by deed poll. Otherwise you won't legally 'exist'. I didn't find anything in that article that specifically denies people from any background obtaining ID. It does state that people need to have the correct documents to do it, like a birth certificate, but that's the same the world over isn't it? Try applying for a passport without a birth certificate in the UK and see how far you get. Try applying for a (legitimate) job in the UK without proving you have the right to work and see how you get on. I'm not sure 3 stories from Texas prove that marginalised people can't obtain an ID card in the US.

Not really sure your question is relevant to my post is it?

We may never know since you posted a link to an article hidden behind a 'paywall'....

Nice one Wales, really following the 'science' I see! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54843624 Certainly looks like the perfect time to end the lockdown which was put in place to ensure the health service didn't become 'overwhelmed'

In 36 states it costs less than $20 for photo ID - many of those states also have 'hardship waivers'. I'm not sure your statement is true.... http://sharedprosperityphila.org/documents/Revised-ID-Waiver-Appendices-5.15.15.pdf

Isn't he aiming for 'reasonable doubt'? Prove that voter fraud happened - not that difficult as you could easily create the fraud yourself and vote in the name of a dead person - then cast doubt on the whole system. It won't go anywhere, but he can certainly 'muddy' the waters.

If a democratic system is abused and manipulated, does it still remain democratic?

Fake tan? You can't argue against that, surely!

Isn't the making of laws the purpose of government?

Slightly quieter than a usual Saturday but still a surprising number of cars on the road - not really sure where they're all going with everything supposed to be closed. They can't all be doing DIY and gardening, surely? ( I was out on the bike exercising and not in the car).

A bit harsh, he's not got the keys to the front door yet

Americans are fools! If they had allowed the Russians to interfere they'd have had a result by now! No chance the Russians would stand for this sloppiness!

Either this lockdown lark is truly amazing and results can be seen in less than two days, or the measures put in place over the last month or two with respect to local lockdowns (the measures that the government didn't feel warranted inclusion in the calculations for their charts last weekend) are producing the results they were supposed to... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54841375

What is wrong with these morons? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54827535 Watch the 'sheep' start holding more 'protests' around the country tonight. Should take their benefits / furlough money away rather than fine them.

FFS, 9 months or so into this and the bloody Prime Minister AND the Chief Executive of the NHS are holding a press conference on live TV broadcasting to the entire nation and talking about the binary options of living and dying. They really shouldn't have an opinion when they plainly don't understand the subject. Idiots. As for the slogan; "stay home, protect the NHS, save lives", jeez, that's just as bad!

It's like waiting for Rudi to sign! I think Nevada is the one where they all went for a break - I think they are re-starting the count either today or tomorrow from 17:00 our time. No idea why they took a time out...

My daughter's school implemented it this week - basically for walking in the corridors to and from lessons. They implemented a rule in September that corridors are for teachers only and students need to move around outside so it's pretty much irrelevant!!

Sadly not, I really don't follow American proposals that closely as they don't affect me in the slightest. However, I'm able to understand that rhetoric is used on both sides to divide and conquer. We even have that here with those to the left claiming that anyone who voted for Boris was a right wing racist. I'm sure it's very similar in the US.

I hope you live in America, because you seem to be very, very angry about American politics - more angry than anyone who doesn't live in that country reasonably should be!

So, your argument would appear to be that everyone who doesn't share your view is a thick cunt. That's the way to build a tolerant, respectful society for sure.

Lol. If you care for character and integrity, politics isn't for you.

Interesting article by Nick Triggle who has been pretty 'on the ball' throughout. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54785032 Conclusions are : Track and trace doesn't work. Nothing available financially for those told to isolate so they don't bother - who could have predicted that! The NHS is apparently not that close to being overwhelmed with 20% of beds still available and that's before they kick out 'non covid' patients. Not a great deal has been done to protect the vulnerable. One in five new 'hospital cases' were actually caught whilst in hospital. 75% of the first wave of deaths came from the most vulnerable 5% of the population! The chart predicting 4,000 deaths per day was actually just a pile of wank and based on out of date figures - wow, who would have guessed! The predictions presented on Saturday did not include any of the measures that were in place with regards to local lockdowns - measures we were told would control the virus were clearly not deemed important enough to include in modelling. There are currently signs that hospital cases are beginning to slow. Lockdowns fuck up the economy.

The point is that people haven't given their express consent for the Government to track their credit card history and have unlimited access to their mobile phone data - including GPS / location data (I doubt they are interested in how long someone spends on the phone to Aunty Maude). We've already seen issues regarding privacy with the launch of the C-19 app - and that claims to only store data locally on a phone with no ability to say where a user is via GPS : https://www.verdict.co.uk/nhs-covid-19-app/ I've no idea what the privacy laws are like in South Korea but if their Government are able to track people's whereabouts using GPS from their phones and credit card data, they are certainly far, far less restrictive than GDPR.

Having credit card data as well as mobile phone data would identify an individual. Every individual would need to give their explicit consent for the data to be processed. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1528874672298&uri=CELEX:02016R0679-20160504 Although vague, it may be possible under the following clause but would doubtless cause a myriad of law suits... (e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; Parliament would need to pass a law over ruling the current EU law but we've seen how well that goes down. From Jan 1st though it may be a different kettle of fish...