Gwyn wrote:
Here we have a bel-me niet register, if you are registered and a company still calls you they are fined - a lot. They have, by law to tell you about the register and give you the opportunity to refuse their call.

What I used to do when people tried to flog me stuff over the phone was either say immediately no thanks and hang up, or if I was bored let them do their entire spiel, giving fictitious answers as required, and then saying no thanks.

Never had the computer scam call.

With regard to number withheld - I know several private individuals who withhold their numbers for various reasons. It is a necessary evil for some people. Companies however should not be able to do so.

womble wrote:
Personally I don't consider defending civil liberties and trying to prevent the UK becoming even more of a police state than it is already a waste of anyone's time.

K.

Gwyn wrote:
You are too soft Steve.
It is vermin. Kill it (and all it's friends - there is never only one mouse) or spend the rest of your days catching it/them and releasing it/them at ever greater distances from home.