BobbyD wrote:
You mean like the ID cards Nazis brought in? Thank Christ this country doesn't have fascists who'd try and do that...oh. Just, like the Nazi ones had "J" for Jew the Labour ones, voted for by their fascist supporters, could have "T" for Token.
WAAHHHHHH...Tories
The problem with the much-trumpeted ID card scheme was it was feted as "helping make us safe from terrorists", despite the fact that it was an unnecessary burden on public resource. Thankfully Alan Johnson realised the flaws in Blunkett's plan and scrapped the idea.
We already have a number of ID schemes in place:
NHS Number, issued at birth
NI Number, issued when you start work
Passport Number, issued when you are granted a passport
Driver Number, issued when you get a licence
The above plus foreign national ID cards would cover about 99.99% of the population, making an ID superfluous.
The ID card scheme and the "Snooper's Charter" are jsut more ways of the state exercising control over us, when it should be the other way round. Tory governments have always appeared keen on individual responsibility and a "small state", so it does seem a little perverse for them to be wanting the facility to pry whenever they feel like it.
Wait until you see the proposed dog's breakfast of a British Bill of Rights.
