[–] 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This is almost definitely intentional. You don't want to portray yourself as a criminal which you would do by hiding and running away after. They are likely relying on solidarity from a jury to get acquitted.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    A law only exists if it's enforced

    I agree. Police are not around to enforce, maybe they'll get traffic wardens to do it, but I can imagine this will end up with more conflict if the driver is in the car. At least having this as news encourages people to talk about it and hopefully be a good self-reminder.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago

    ANPR cameras have been used in the UK for decades to mainly enforce things like tax, inner-city emissions restrictions and speed. I realise this has recently become a contentious issue via Flock in the US, but it seems to me a fairly efficient way to enforce these things. There are two big differences with the American model - data is kept within the police (not a private third-party), and policing is not nearly as well resourced.

    If you are concerned about privacy, then a mode of transport that doesn't require you to have a unique identifier plastered over your vehicle seems like the better option to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    How would you feel if this tourist tax was instead charged at the point of an overnight stay? I feel like this is the more common option across Europe, but also has been criticised pretty heavily.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Complete speculation, but it could be related to the party he's leading or staff considering how quick the resignation came. Otherwise I am sure he would've dragged his heels and said that domestic and professional life are distinct. Apparently there have been some issues within the party in Wales in terms of unity (as demonstrated by the defection).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I've been having the same thing recently with cloudflare even with a VPN completely off. Opening in a private window seemed to solve for me so must've been something related to my fingerprint or add-ons.

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