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Old 06-03-2008, 23:33   #74
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Re: ID cards rethink to be unveiled

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Originally Posted by freezin View Post
And the law was changed BECAUSE of pressure from the people. Organisations as quaint as the National Housewives' League demonstrated against ID cards (they burned their ID cards in protest outside parliament) and their intrusions into private life.

It's not just an idea; it was the way it was. The "servant" governed with the consent of the people under threat of being ousted to make way for a more popular party if it did not. Do you trust this government? Do you think future governments will be trustworthy? Do you?
Pretty sure it was down to there no longer being a state of emergency, therefore no legal requirement for ID cards.
Had the government been able to show there was still a state of emergency, then ID cards would have continued to be legally required.
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