My tweets on 2009-12-04

  • #questiontime Hurrah! Clive Anderson is right, a land tax is a _much_ better idea. #
  • #questiontime "Why not just charge higher income tax rates?" Because the rich won't pay them. #
  • @willidh Income taxes are easy to evade, land taxes are not. in reply to willidh #
  • Did I hear Today properly: the government target is that 55% of 11-year olds should be able to read and write? #
  • @billt if only there were some kind of database, or "register", of some kind where your address might be stored, perhaps by the Home Office in reply to billt #
  • @willidh suppose Zac lives in the Ritz. The Ritz pays land tax. Zac pays in his room rate. in reply to willidh #
  • @charispalmer hey, don't tar us all with same brush (unless we're paying in cash) in reply to charispalmer #
  • Finished working on identity cards for the day now back to the security of mobile payments. You certainly can't call my day dull. Can you? #
  • @wendyg surely this cover-up merely confirms the suspicion that the government has already been taken over by extraterrestrial lizards? in reply to wendyg #
  • This whole "online security" thing doesn't seem to be improving at all http://tinyurl.com/yekcg5u #
  • @williamheath Why do I need a password to get into data.hmg.gov.uk ? in reply to williamheath #
  • @billt "Looks like a straitjacket Chrismas for me" from Cowboy Dick's Christmas Special in reply to billt #
  • @victoriajane Don't forgot to call the police as well, since they are obviously looking for old people to rob. in reply to victoriajane #
  • OMG the world is turned upside down, cats and dogs are living together, I'm agreeing with John Prestcott on R5!! #
  • @dngusev auto top-up of transit "purse" from credit or debit card saves everyone money as well being more convenient for travellers. in reply to dngusev #
  • Hurrah! Got to the TV in time for the World Cup draw. There's some French guy and a woman pop star, don't know what they have to do with it. #
  • Not a bad draw for England, first game will be a big deal in our house. #
  • Good to see Canadian public warming to chip and PIN http://bit.ly/6XPbZD ( I wonder if Bank of Montreal are extraterrestrial lizards too?) #
  • Obviously, one of the problems with chip and PIN is that it spreads swine flu. Must ask UKCA about this http://bit.ly/7cInaM #
  • Adobe Gordon Brown £20 George Bush Prince WIlliam AOL MI5 DVLA Paramount FEMA Toyota SAGEM Endemol Uncle Sam No. 10 http://bit.ly/Ij0s1 #

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