By @edent · mobile mvno sim uk · 6 comments · 450 words · read ~6,941 times.
After railing against eSIM-only phones for over a decade, I've finally succumbed. It appears impossible to buy a modern phone without them. Thankfully, most seem to be dual-SIM. So I can have a regular SIM card and an eSIM. I find dual-SIM phones handy. I have a disposable number which I give out to people […]
Continue reading →By @edent · election general election politics uk · 7 comments · 500 words
The UK is almost certain to have a General Election this year0. The Boundary Commission for England1 has reworked the existing Parliamentary constituencies to make them more fair2. As such, constituencies are generally more equal in terms of electorate. But, of course, geography trumps geometry. So the Isle of Wight now has two constituencies of […]
Continue reading →By @edent · ge2010 general election ivote2010 mobile politics uk voteuk · 1 comment · 650 words
Weeks before Britons go to the polls, there's still no comprehensive list of candidates. Four citizens' initiatives have joined forces to tackle the problem. They've been gathering basic information about thousands of candidates and making the data public. "It may seem surprising but there simply is no single listing for all prospective parliamentary candidates. We […]
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