Subject: Re: SWerPs

Dear BRS/KDIS Online Chaps (and Chapesses)

I had the great pleasure of visiting your online facilties today, and took much joy from the jolly snaps of all the May Day jaunts. Good-oh chaps. Seems like you all had a splendid time and plenty of the old Red and Black, if you know what I mean, eh?

But I must say that the rather dashing young chap in the SWerP meeting piccy isn't a SWerP at all. No, no! He's actually quite a nice chap and I think its pretty awful of you to show him like that, as I'm sure there for a good reason for him being there. And I don't suppose you lot would take too kindly to people jumping to silly conclusions such as thinking you were some sort of anal-thinking, lefty-ice-pick-head, Kronstadt-bashing, Makhno-mashing, latest- cause-hijacking, Tony-Cliff-brown-nosing SWerP, now would you? So be reasonable chaps and change the piccy to one full of dirty little bloody Trot rotters. Or at least cover the poor chap's head so that he won't get pointed at in the street as being one of 'them'.

Like I said, you seem a jolly reasonable bunch, and I can't see you wanting to ruin a poor chaps reputation. So be good sports.

Tally Ho.

Nestor "Trotfister" Makhnoson

p.s I know where you live.

Subject: www.spy.org.uk UK Public CCTV Surveillance Regulation Campaign website

This may be of interest to visitors to the KDIS website:

"Watching Them, Watching Us" the UK Public CCTV Surveillance Regulation Campaign website which resides at:

Produced with help from the technical experts who produced the "Michael Portillo's Home Page" when a webcamera was pointed out of an office window which happened to look out on the private residence of the the then Minister of Defence...

This site is trying to raise the level of debate on Public CCTV Surveillance, especially given the powerful computer technologies now beyond the prototype stage such as neural network face recognition, motion/target tracking, car number plate recognition etc.

The UK seems to have no coherent regulations which make any of the 550 or so publically funded schemes subject to scrutiny or review, which is a shame since at least £45 million pounds of public money has gone into subsidies.

With the blurring of private intranets and the public internet, many of the same issues of privacy, data protection, copyright and censorship apply.

regards

Mark Dziecielewski

subject: Impressed

No Relief from Pollution in Bingley:

Subject: well done!

dear kdis

first time I've seen this online service. it's good. I've missed the old kdis shit stirring in recent years.

If there's anything I can put your way I will.

happy new year

bob cannell (still a bradford councillor until may this year)

Subject: Voluntary Sector cuts story

Dear KDIS

Where the fuck is the hold-the-front-page story on Bradford Council cuts the voluntary sector?? Driven off the top spot by some naff picture of a snow-covered green belt??

Deb n Mike

KDIS regular readers group

Subject: May Day

KDIS

Glad I'm not the only one chronologically challenged! You've got the next May Day due to be in 1988 on your web page.

Ciao for now

Paul Blasto