June 2009 Archives

If MPs published their expenses on Twitter...

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Hats off to @rogeroldham for his Twitter take on the online publication of MPs' expenses! (And it's the first sight gag I've seen on Twitter...)

Electronic voting could shock UK parliament

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Research by an IT company this week has shown that the provision of electronic voting would increase the turnout of local and European elections. Why stop there? What about actually electrocuting politicians?  Downtime does not suggest doing permanent damage, obviously just a shock to the system for those dishonourable members who have spent tax payers' hard earned money on... you know the rest (as much fun as it is to recount these stories Downtime has had enough.) Downtime just thinks it might be fair to give a few amperes for every £100 wasted.

Have sat-nav, will race

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If newspaper headlines are anything to go by, life in the UK is quite dangerous enough.

Some people, however, seem to think it necessary to risk their lives and those of others by racing against the estimated journey time on their sat navs.

This crazy pursuit is particularly popular in Wolverhampton and Aberystwyth in Wales.

Sad, really.

Perhaps someone should built them a them park or something so they don't have to resort to sat nav racing.

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