But at least it's not from government!



Last night, with millions of others, I gleefully updated my iPhone 3G with the latest 3.0 software, featuring the long awaited Spotlight, Copy/Paste, MMS, Tethering and FindMyiPhone (MobileMe required) features. While many of these are underwhelming (and yes, wait a minute, this is NOT a tech blog)- the FindMyiPhone feature is particularly scary.

Of course unless you're the epitome of naive, you know that cellular phone signals can be tracked anywhere, for the most part- but to show me and map it in Google Maps lends a new and chilling ease to the invasion. I wouldn't be so fussed, as through MobileMe, only I can really access this feature- however the software showed me where I was BEFORE I updated my iPhone last night (on the Euston Road, as above) even though Apple informed me this was not possible as the functionality was not enabled on the previous iPhone 3G software.

So basically... then always have known where I am. It's probably time to stop visiting those bordellos.

This weekend is only going to get more and more interesting. A quick look at the Beeb's Council Election Map tells you one hell of a lot about the current state of this government. It's been a long time since Tories took that many seats, and that many seats in the North, especially. It is a good day.

For all the hoo-hah over the 'other' parties, DC and co. have done extremely well in the UK's local elections this week, and Gordon Brown has shown us yet again why he a sniveling, sorry excuse for a Prime Minister.

KeepRightOnline maintains that this government's mandate ran out long ago, however for it to keep getting worse, and for them to keep clinging on requires a special kind of selfishness, and a special kind of contempt for the British public. Day after day, and resignation after resignation, the situation worsens for government and for country. Walking through Whitehall yesterday, one couldn't help but turn to face Parliament Square and sigh. A sigh for the British public, a sigh for the Labour government and a sigh to quell the overwhelming urge to storm the Palace and demand Comrade Brown's head on a plate.

Sunday will be especially revealing, as if the past few weeks have not been enough. The reason the public did not punish the Tories for the expenses scandal is that the public were indeed not even outraged by the expenses scandal (that's right, I said it). The public, KeepRightOnline feels, were more concerned with the way they have been governed- backed into a corner, surrounded by databases, stealth taxes and stripped of their liberties. The people know that while the Conservatives were just as guilty regarding the expenses, the party acted swiftly, and were certainly not the ones who have created this god-awful mess over the past twelve years.

Gordon Brown, the people are speaking, and they're speaking in the most eloquent and respectful manner- through the ballot box. Will you not now listen? Will you not now show one iota of democratic decency in stepping down and calling a General Election? Are you this pathologically incapable of seeing the writing on the wall?

This moment in history is staring you dead in the face, Brown- and all you can do is look at your shoes and hope it goes away. It will not. We will not. You are done.

Far be it from us here at KeepRightOnline to scrutinize the government's plans to have us all exist primarily on one massive MS Excel sheet [/endsarcasm] (because let's face it; no one in the public sector knows any better)- but this is truly shocking and diabolically dangerous to say the least.



The new ContactPoint database was launched today, after many delays due to security concerns and the realisation that it may not do anything at all with regard to it's primary purpose of, "enabling the delivery of coordinated support for children and young people"

So when the pioneer of the system reneges on his original reccommendation for the scheme; what justification does it have left? It was created following a recommendation from Lord Laming who led the inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié in Haringey, North London, in 2000 who has now admitted the system would not stop children being abused.

At a cost of £224m, and following several disatrous government data losses, which experts at Deloitte say, can 'never be totally secure'- why do we continue to label, log and list the details of individuals, to no apparent gain- and every apparent risk?

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You may have noticed we tend to bandy the words, "keep right," and "something ain't right," around quite a bit, as a kind of catchphrase here at KeepRightOnline. But today, never more have the words been truer that something is most definitely not right.

Today the United Kingdom takes another step towards the shackles of slavery under the watchful eye of Big Bro', with Manchester set to trial the government's wasteful, freedom-eroding ID card scheme by autumn this year. But we are not powerless.

A little rebellion every now and then is a good thing.

We need a lot of rebellion right now.

The scheme, which is being sneaked through with little justification besides the questionable references to the war on terror, is set to cost the taxpayer nigh on £6billion (and rising) and will leave you and I susceptible to the failures of this government and it's cronies to securely store and use the data they so illegitimately store on our personal and private lives.

Jacqui Smith is expected to tell the British public today that, "ID cards will deliver real benefits to everyone, including increased protection against criminals, illegal immigrants and terrorists." The editors at KeepRightOnline are certainly keen to wave their ID cards in the face of this lot in an attempt to thwart their maniacal plans.

So ladies and gents, let's open this one up to a vote... and in a shameless plug, send this link to friends and family to vote too. The more people we hear from, the more reliable the results, of course!

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