Bills before Parliament

A nice display of the Parliamentary workflow


http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/freedomofinformationamendment.html


http://services.parliament.uk/bills/public.html


http://www.parliament.uk/business/bills-and-legislation/

United Kingdom Venn Diagram

"The Difference Between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England"

http://blog.cgpgrey.com/the-united-kingdom-great-britain-england-venn-diagram/

U.K. Comes out for Royalty-Free Standards for Government Procurement

"The U.K. has become the latest country to conclude that for information and communications technology (ICT) procurement purposes, “open standards” means “royalty free standards.” While apparently falling short of a legal requirement, a Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note recommends that all departments, agencies, non-departmental bodies and “any other bodies for which they are responsible” should specify open standards in their procurement activities, unless there are “clear business reasons why this is inappropriate.”"

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20110225075112254

London: The Year From Space

London, a Year from Space from Nathan Bergey on Vimeo.

"A nifty little video showing daily photos of London from space over an entire year"

http://londonist.com/2011/03/london-the-year-from-space.php

Google Earth alphabet

"[...] this alphabet of Britain has been collected by 25-year- old Rachel Young after selecting the images from a Google map of aerial photographs of the country."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197898/Pictured-The-Google-Earth-alphabet-Britains-hedgerows-roads-buildings.html

UK time change 'would save CO2 emissions'

"Moving the clocks forward one hour would save hundreds of thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, campaigners say.

A study for the 10:10 climate campaign suggested putting clocks forward during winter to an hour ahead of GMT could save almost 500,000 tonnes of CO2."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10362295

Fix My Street

1. Enter a nearby GB postcode, or street name and area
2. Locate the problem on a map of the area
3. Enter details of the problem
4. We send it to the council on your behalf

http://www.fixmystreet.com/

Libraries Near Me

"Given your location as postcode, where can you find a list of libraries near you?"

http://blog.ouseful.info/2010/07/27/libraries-near-me-map-courtesy-of-librarything/

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=fae502f6e4f46657264329b531c4a7b7

UK Citizenship Test

"A carefully designed website to help people who are preparing for 'Life in the UK' test. Site contains more than 1000 questions taken from 'Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship' handbook."
http://www.uktestonline.co.uk/

Mayor Making ceremony in Frogmoor

"The traditional ceremony, which has been going since 1678, saw the mayor and other civic dignitaries weighed to see if they have taken advantage of their year in office. "

http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/8168039.Annual_ceremony_hears_Mayor_is_ready_to_serve/

The stronger the Assembly, the better the governance

"Under the present system there has been a built-in delay of several years for powers to be devolved to the Assembly, or to find a slot in Westminster’s legislative calendar to make Wales-specific legislation. That delay has meant, in some cases, a rush to legislate before the end of the term of the present Assembly.  Much of the quality time which could and should have been spent on creating and scrutinising Welsh legislation has been spent in haggling with Westminster over the transfer of powers."


http://waleshome.org/2011/01/the-stronger-the-assembly-the-better-the-governance/

Your Freedom

"Nominate laws and regulations you would like to see abolished.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today issued a call to arms against pointless regulation and unnecessary bureaucracy, asking the public how they want the Government to redress the balance between the citizen and the state. "


http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/

Pubs with Welsh animal names in Cardiff

Milgi
City Road’s arty cocktail bar. Milgi means “greyhound”. Milgi is derived from ci (dog, pronounced like the English word “key”). I’m not sure what the “mil” bit means, anyone? Anyway, the plural of milgi is milgwn. Another similar word is corgi which literally means “dwarf dog”.

http://clwbmalucachu.co.uk/cmcblog/2009/12/15/pubs-with-welsh-animal-names-in-cardiff/

Friends of Forest Farm

"The Nature Reserve, situated in Whitchurch Cardiff, was formed in 1967 and straddles the last remaining stretch of the former Cardiff Merthyr canal which still holds fresh water to a quality good enough to provide a good hunting ground for Kingfishers, Herons and many others species. "

http://www.forestfarm.org.uk/

Cardiff’s Lost Communities

"Cardiff expanded rapidly throughout the nineteenth century. Most of the residential developments of that time have survived, but two districts, Temperance Town and Newtown, have disappeared. More than a thousand people lived in each of those districts, but they had to move out in 1937 and 1966 respectively, and their homes were demolished."

http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2010/04/01/cardiffs-lost-communities/

http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/temperancetown.html

http://www.peterfinch.co.uk/newtown.htm

The Cardiff Story

"An international cultural venue which is an inclusive, exciting and inspirational resource; bringing people together to help them learn about the making of Cardiff, its diverse narratives and the multi-cultural communities which created the capital city of Wales."

http://www.cardiffstory.com/

Keeping CF14 informed by email

"Keeping the local community informed is a difficult task, but 70-year-old Duncan Hockridge thinks he’s found a way.

The CF14 email has been doing the rounds in Rhiwbina and Whitchurch since early 2008 and brings a whole range of info to people’s fingertrips."

http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2010/04/12/keeping-cf14-informed-by-email/

Britain's new Internet law -- as bad as everyone's been saying, and worse. Much, much worse.

"The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it's perfectly useless and terrible. It consists almost entirely of penalties for people who do things that upset the entertainment industry (including the "three-strikes" rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyone who lives in your house is accused of copyright infringement, without proof or evidence or trial), as well as a plan to beat the hell out of the video-game industry with a new, even dumber rating system (why is it acceptable for the government to declare that some forms of artwork have to be mandatorily labelled as to their suitability for kids? And why is it only some media? Why not paintings? Why not novels? Why not modern dance or ballet or opera?). "

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/20/britains-new-interne.html

Nearby

"Great Britain and Ireland Location Information."

http://www.nearby.org.uk/

"Coordinate Convertor, Interactive Feature Map, Location Searches, Google Earth & Maps, UK Placenames, [...]"

ID Cards

April 2009 : Darling fails to back ID cards

"Chancellor Alistair Darling failed to give unqualified backing to the government's £5.4bn National Identity Scheme yesterday after media reports that top cabinet ministers were planning to scrap the ID cards programme."

http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2241502/darling-fails-back-id-cards


June 2009 : So what we do when ID Cards 1.0 finally dies?

"UK Identity Card 1.0 is in deep trouble. It's running late, and if the Conservative Party wins next year's election it'll be scrapped. Its original architect has changed his mind, and even some Cabinet members are starting to see it as a needless expense. But if we pull the plug, what then?"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/identity_two_dot_oh/


July 2009: Government under fire over ID cards

"The government has been critisised over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card scheme following home secretary Alan Johnson's announcement that carrying an ID card will never be compulsory for British citizens."

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39669770,00.htm


September 2009 : ID card ad campaign to launch later this year

"The Home Office is to spend over £500,000 this year on a marketing campaign for the identity card which features cartoon fingerprints."

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39777012,00.htm?s_cid=260


See also : http://www.no2id.net/