The United Kingdom Elections 2010

[caravel]

you mean the legislation that was rushed into place once the american government browned their pants after realising that crazy nutcases with big bushy beards were quite happy knocking yanky sky-scrapers down, while they were full of people?

As I recall the chaps that "knocked down the skyscrapers" were for the most part clean shaven.

[Furunculus]

As I recall the chaps that "knocked down the skyscrapers" were for the most part clean shaven.

they were in disguise, pretending to be normal people.

[rory_20_uk]

Some questions are rather biased.

"Bailout" corporations implies throwing money at them. Purchasing equity at rock bottom rates can be good - Quatar made $1 Billion from Barclay's in less than a year.
And the gun ownership question well, the devil is in the detail. Purchasing a gatling gun from the corner shop is different to a Farmer owning a shotgun locked in his shed.
Police not retaining DNA unless the person has a prison sentence again is odd. Surely a better endpoint is if the person was convicted, and the nature of the crime - especially if it is related to violence.

[Beskar]

You could argue that they should have records of everyones DNA, as it is only used when coming in contact to a crime-scene and they want to match and pair examples up. Thus, you only need to worry if you are a rapist or commit violent crimes.

But that is a devils advocate.