Posts tagged uk

If you’re in this list, you can be trusted

  • Accountant
  • Articled clerk of a limited company
  • Assurance agent of recognised company
  • Bank/building society official
  • Barrister
  • British Computer Society (BCS) - Professional grades which are Associate (AMBCS), Member (MBCS), Fellow (FBCS) (PN 25/2003)
  • Broker
  • Chairman/director of limited company
  • Chemist
  • Chiropodist
  • Christian Science practitioner
  • Commissioner of oaths
  • Councillor: local or county
  • Civil servant (permanent)
  • Dentist
  • Designated Premises Supervisors
  • Director/Manager of a VAT registered Charity
  • Director/Manager/Personnel Officer of a VAT registered Company
  • Engineer (with professional qualifications)
  • Fire service official
  • Funeral director
  • Insurance agent (full time) of a recognised company
  • Journalist
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Legal secretary (members and fellows of the Institute of legal secretaries)
  • Local government officer
  • Manager/Personnel officer (of limited company)
  • Member of Parliament
  • Merchant Navy officer
  • Minister of a recognised religion
  • Nurse (SRN and SEN)
  • Officer of the armed services (active or retired)
  • Optician
  • Person with honours (e.g. OBE MBE etc.)
  • Personal Licensee Holders
  • Photographer (professional)
  • Police officer
  • Post Office official
  • President/Secretary of a recognised organisation
  • Salvation Army officer
  • Social worker
  • Solicitor
  • Surveyor
  • Teacher, lecturer
  • Trade union officer
  • Travel agency (qualified)
  • Valuers and auctioneers (fellow and associate members of the incorporated society)
  • Warrant officers and Chief Petty Officers

This is the list of acceptable countersignatures on the Passport Service website.


Oxford Internet Survey 2007

I went to the launch of the Oxford Internet Survey last week at the House of Commons and haven’t had a chance to write it up.

Thankfully BBC News has picked up on the main points on its website.

A couple of things really stood out for me…

  • 5% of people in the UK who have used the internet have stopped using it
  • Entertainment usage has levelled off since 2005
  • More people in the UK trust television than the ineternet and newspapers

Who should you vote for?

Who Should You Vote For?

Your expected outcome:
Liberal Democrat

Your actual outcome:

Lab -22
Con -53
Lib Dem 88
UKIP -3
Green 52

You should vote: Liberal Democrat

The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.

Take the test at Who Should You Vote For


They work for you

Now that the election has been called, you can use this site to find out what your ex-MP did throughout the last parliament. We have performance stats, speeches, voting records and more…

theyworkforyou.com