ID cards rethink to be unveiled

[Sirius]

So the Government has decided to put even more data at risk and package it in a small easy to lose device. No doubt the Lib Dems will sit on the fence over this one as well, Lets face it just like Europe this is important enough to require a vote in the house.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7280495.stm

Problem with the unelected pretender Brown is that he says one thing and then does the opposite. Therefor the fact he hinted this

Prime Minister Gordon Brown hinted earlier this year that the scheme may not be compulsory for UK nationals but suggestions of a U-turn were denied.

Does not fill me with a warm feeling of trust

[Mick Fisher]

Yet more privacy intrusion, where will it end, perhaps getting rid of this DUD government will be start.

As a lifelong socialist it hurts me to say it. But then again 'New Labour' has never been the 'Real Deal' has it.

If only there was a realistic alternative that looked to be, even slightly, worth voting for.

[Osem]

Rumour has it that Bliar and his cohorts originally gained their inspiration for New Labour from the 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers"....

[BBKing]

No doubt the Lib Dems will sit on the fence over this one as well

What are you bloody on about, the Lib Dems have been at the forefront of the campaign against ID cards from the start!

http://www.libdems.org.uk/noidcards/

Anyway, I've always been of the view that the ID cards plan was unworkable, so it's nice to see it being chipped away at. My Get An Irish Passport plan is looking good...

[Osem]

Originally Posted by BBKing

...the Lib Dems have been at the forefront of the campaign against ID cards from the start!

http://www.libdems.org.uk/noidcards/

Only because they weren't sure which of their ID's they should use in their application.....

[BBKing]

Is that an attempt to make the party look bigger, two IDs per MP?

[Osem]

Originally Posted by BBKing

two IDs per MP?

Some say the Lib-Dems have more ID's than that.... I couldn't comment

[BBKing]

Leafing through this proposal, it seems that if you renew your British passport post-2011 you'll have trot along to one of their enrollment centres for the biometric wossnames. I think I'll be renewing my passport a bit before that, or just getting the Irish one. Not sure how they're going to force ID card enrollment on those people who don't need a UK passport but aren't foreigners, baggage handlers etc. I suspect a staged series of attempts to make life impossible without one, unless you're rich or a criminal*.

* Neither of whom need to get a job or a bank account, one suspects.

[Xaccers]

An Irish passport? Now there's an idea BB, get the passport, wait for the BNP to come into power, claim your £50K and leave the country, then come back once the country has become bankrupt and live like a King off the money you made

[BBKing]

I might exercise my right of return to Israel if the BNP come to power. Seek political asylum there for a more peaceful life. Of course, the BNP like the nice Aryan Irish* but not the dirty foreign Jews. Still, no one said Nazi wannabes have to make sense.

* who count as 'indigenous British', for some reason. Not sure the Irish see it that way, they've spent several centuries fighting not to be considered British, after all.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by BBKing

Still, no one said Nazi wannabes have to make sense.

....and what a sad indictment of the political situation in Britain it is that a growing number of people are considering voting for them!

[BBKing]

Growing number of morons, more like. 'I'm unrepresented in British politics and I feel my country is no longer my own, so I'm going to vote for idiots with a track record in failing to represent their constituents and a foreign political ideology so completely alien to British history and values that we spent five years and hundreds of thousands of lives fighting it tooth and nail'. Yeah, great idea. Big up the white working class.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by BBKing

Growing number of morons, more like. 'I'm unrepresented in British politics and I feel my country is no longer my own, so I'm going to vote for idiots with a track record in failing to represent their constituents and a foreign political ideology so completely alien to British history and values that we spent five years and hundreds of thousands of lives fighting it tooth and nail'. Yeah, great idea. Big up the white working class.

You can call them what you like - morons would certainly make up a fair proportion and that'd count for the electorate at any election I'm sure, but then there'll also be those who will vote BNP so simply to make a point to the other parties.

While i am no fan of the BNP i think it is a **** party pure and simple calling all it's supporters moron's may be playing into their hands. While they might not be the brightest bulb in the room they do attract people that are disenfranchised much like the nazi party in the 1930's and for that reason we should see them as a threat.

As for ID cards yes of course go for it i mean the last few months have been so kind to the government and it's data storage pracices i would have no problem having everything in one neat tidy and easy to lose package .

[Osem]

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

As for ID cards yes of course go for it i mean the last few months have been so kind to the government and it's data storage pracices i would have no problem having everything in one neat tidy and easy to lose package .

Yeah you really couldn't make it up could you?