Andrea Leadsom...
Rated for what? Political Bias?
So when it comes to censorship, probably slightly less draconian than Theresa May then.
The UK's possible future prime minister thinks all websites should be classified with minimum age ratings, just like films. Andrea Leadsom is one of two candidates left in the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party; the winner of which will become the country's Prime Minister. Although many are concerned with the …
To me they both look like worthy successors to one of the greatest female leaders this country has ever had.
That said you are right this is a difficult choice, on the one hand Theresa May has the experience on the other Andrea Leadsom has clearly indicated she is in tune with the will of the people.
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And spent the rest of the time engineering an unmitigated cultural and economic disaster from which the UK has never recovered. Not to mention she lost The Falklands through sheer incompetence which lead to the loss of hundreds of lives in order to get it back.
Worst PM in UK history.
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> Maybe we could replace the "House of Lords" with a "House of Labs"
I hope some kind of Astrophysics Lab where scientist can study how its possible for the lords' heads to be so dense, but not exhibit any gravitational effects or collapse in upon itself and become a neutron star.
It does seem like a mistake to hand so much power to people whose only qualification is "My daddy was a lord that didn't pull out"
"It does seem like a mistake to hand so much power to people whose only qualification is "My daddy was a lord that didn't pull out""
It is many years since the House of Lords was purged of many of the inherited positions. The vast majority are Life Peers (683). While some were political rewards - others could be considered experts in their non-political field. Even political appointees have often chosen to become cross-benchers - so as to follow their consciences rather than their previous party's line.
There are now very few hereditary peers (89). The vacancies in their ranks are filled by voting by the House of Lords. That ensures that those with some real-world competence can be selected.
The remaining positions are the mandatory Anglican bishops (26).
http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/composition-of-the-lords/
Don't knock the chap.
Ken Clarke is one of the most respected politiicians of his era.
He knew what he was doing.
As to general Conservative membership, don't do a Corbyn, do vote for least worse option, my MP is doing that, so general members do the same please.
And just remember that we do not like nutjobs like Leadsom. The UK could handle a May but not the nutjob.
Where is that black box they called the 'Internet' currently kept?, we need to locate from its secured location and give it to Andrea Leadsom for safe keeping ASAP, she needs to understand the true responsibility of safely storing this, for future generations. Just don't let Theresa near it.
Signed,
TheRegister
So every website worldwide will be required to submit themselves to an independent British organisation, likely charging extortionate fees al la the film board for each rating. Those people will be required to review all content on the website before reaching a conclusion.
How will they handle dynamic content? Will all news organisations be required to submit their articles to the board for approval before being allowed to publish? There's obviously no risk of censorship there.
What about forums, where anyone is allowed to comment, will this board be reviewing individual comments before they're allowed to be displayed?
Sounds like yet another politician trying to regulate something they have zero understanding of. Perhaps they should just encourage the parents to actually do some parenting instead of requiring the government to act as an online nanny service for their spawn.
And how long would it be before t'British t'Internet was entirely coincidentally swamped with new sites generating pages which are the equivalent of watching paint dry?
Better than watching paint dry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_trap.
And would the spider respect robots.txt?
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Leadballoon's idea to block unrated sites is absurd, and the issue of dynamic content is always going to be a problem. However, if all unrated sites are treated as '18', and any site that wants to be rated less had to go through a monitoring scheme then maybe something could be made of it. However, monitoring costs money, a lot of money, and I don't see the Government paying for it. Many sites, especially hobby forums that have under 18 viewers and contributors, are run on practically no money (needing donations to keep going as advertising is often not enough to cover bandwidth) so they simply aren't going to be able to afford to pay for monitoring. Also, should the ISPs police this, really, or should it be some form of age rating built into browsers? To be brutally honest, trying to classify websites is like whack-a-mole and ultimately doomed to failure, even if the reasons for doing so come from honestly good intentions.
If the BBFC needs a few million people to review British web pages then that is an instant end to unemployment! So what if we need to print £50M per day to pay for it and the exchange rate plummets to zero. Everyone will just have to stop going abroad and Buy British. As for foreign websites, just cut the cables. We are leaving the EU. We might as well leave the rest of the planet at the same time.
..." So what if we need to print £50M per day to pay for it and the exchange rate plummets to zero."
hmm, £50m per day x 7 = £350m per week.No wwhere have I heard that figure before?
By Jingo, I think I've just realised a way we could pay for it!
yet another politician trying to regulate something they have zero understanding of
How can you say such a thing. Just look at her CV. Andrea Leadsom will have learned everything there is to know about IT during the time she was a Director in charge of thousands of employees and billions of pounds.
Well, they expect overseas porn websites to comply with their age verification demands, so...
I'm sure if they offered the positions for that, they could charge the raters.
I'm thinking along lines of Woody Allen:
Michael: Did you get a job?
Victor: Yes, I got something at the strip-tease. I help the girls dress and undress.
Michael: Nice job.
Victor: Twenty francs a week.
Michael: Not very much.
Victor: It's all I could afford.
What about forums, where anyone is allowed to comment, will this board be reviewing individual comments before they're allowed to be displayed?
Well, Just in case this should come to pass, I'll need to get this in fast:
Fuck
Shit
Piss
Cunt
Cocksucker
Motherfucker
and
Tits!
...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list!