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Police body cameras are long overdue.
I believe that police officers on patrol should wear body cameras because we need everything out in the open. We need to see the good and the bad to show that we have balance and honesty. In moments of stress people can miss remember, so we need an independent witness. In the same way that DNA evidence has becomes invaluable in trials, so also should video evidence of things seen and heard. Of things done and said. If kids can film every moment of their lives on cameras and post it on social media then i see no reason that police offices cannot do the same for when they are out on patrol.
I believe that …
- Jury’s or judges should be able to view and release any footage because we should not hide the truth.
- Do not splice or edit footage at trial because knowing what happened before/after an incident gives context. Fast forward or rewind as needed, but maintain the integrity of each recording.
- Keep all footage for at least 6 months
- Keep footage relevant to a case brought to trial for at least 6 months after that trial
- Cameras should timestamp and geolocate footage so that archives can be searched after an event
- Cameras should be visible because we need to be open and honest.
Visa/Imigration wishlist – If we leave the EU
If we leave the EU or even if we stay I’d want to use visa and contribution rules to control our borders…
- Track exits from our borders as well as arrivals. So we know who is in the country.
- Anyone would be able to visit with a simple visitors visa for up to 90 days a year. They could work during this time if they wanted
- Anyone spending longer than that 90 days a year would need to have a work or compassionate visa.
- All visas would be only granted on the basis that the applicant was a lawful citizen. That they posed no risk to the country. Any visa could be denied or revoked if that assessment changed.
- Work visas would only be granted only if the role has previously offered for 6 months to citizens.
- There would be quotas and point systems for work and compassionate visas. Anyone applying for a work or compassionate visa would need a sponsor/guarantor. The sponsor/guarantor would be held accountable if that person overstayed or broke the law or was unable to support themselves. The sponsor/guarantor would need to be a citizen
- Benefits would only be paid to those who had paid national insurance in this country for 48 months cumulatively not continuously), or who’s parents had.
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Wish list for my next phone
- Smart speakers at all 4 corners of the device , so no matter the orientation the sound is always stereo
- Ability to add readonly widgets to lock screen
- Fingerprint scanner
- Battery that lasts > 36 hours under real usage
- Wireless charging
- IR port ( universal remote )
- at least 4GB ram – more in memory without paging
- NFC + Hardware Card Emulation
Google Now – command wish list
I’d like to be able to say (and have the choice of app to handle the request )
- Add xxxx to shopping list
- Create a todo, xxxxxxxx
Housing Ideas
I suggest
a) Rename Council tax as “Property tax”
b) Tax second homes at ‘2’ times their council tax rate
c) As part of sale a house should always be reassessed for the purpose of council/property tax
Make mentoring deductible for corporation tax – inspired by @Lord_Sugar
I read Lord Sugars speech at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=159423317411506 and got to thinking.
Companies can claim capital expenses and R&D as deductibles for corporation tax. I believe that by extension companies should be able to claim a tax refund of up to 20% of the salary of a mentor who spends a minimum 20% of their time mentoring a registered apprentice.
Design improvements for Samsung Tab v2
- I do not understand why tablets have to have almost an inch of margin padding around the screen. Get rid of that and it will fit in my pocket without making the screen smaller.
- Why only have 2 stereo speakers on one side of the unit? When held landscape for watching movies they are both on the right.
That is not stereo… it would be far better to have a speaker at each corner ( ie 4 of them ) and have the OS use the device orientation to decide which speakers to use for left and right. - On a phone that is tablet size its a shame they could not include a jack for a wired headset to use when one’s blue-tooth headset runs out of juice.
- One would think by now the usb standard bodies would come up with a standard usb connector that could be used for quick/hot dock/undock without each manufacturer inventing their own custom dock plug.
Combining UK National Insurance with Income Tax
Having two so very different forms of taxation i believe is unfair and complicates calculation. I believe that the most glaring unfairness is that national insurance contributions are capped such that if you earn more than £xxx you pay no further NI on anything above that amount. I believe that upper limit should be abolished, I would phase this in by raising the threshold by 50% of its previous level each year going forward. At the same time i would look at reducing the rate itself down from 11% to 10%