[jambutty]

I am totally against ID cards because in the first place, but not necessarily the most important point, if ID cards become a reality, the long suffering and over taxed general public will pay for them not just the once but TWICE. It is our billions of pounds of taxes that will pay for the implementation and then to add insult to injury we will have to pay for a photograph and then pay £30 above the cost of a biometric passport to get one. And no doubt it will have to be renewed every few years to take into account the ageing of the person in the photograph. What if someone wants to grow or shave off a moustache and/or beard? Or someone has the misfortune to have his/her face disfigured? What about women who change their hair colour/style on a whim? What about those people who already have a biometric passport? They certainly do not need further ID.

The government and IT industry track record in supplying computer systems for government use is worse than poor as entwisi has pointed out. In fact a central record will aid identity theft rather than prevent it. After all, all the information is in one place to be hacked and stolen.

In order to get an ID card the potential recipient will have to establish his/her identity by other means – driving license, passport, utility bill, bank statement and/or National Insurance number. So if can prove who I say I am by producing one or more of those, why do I need an ID card? The simple answer is I don’t.

An ID card will not prevent a suicide bomber nor will it prevent illegal immigration or crime.

According to the most recent queen’s speech (shouldn’t that be Blair’s speech read by the queen?) dictator Blair is pushing on with the implementation of ID cards in spite of massive public opposition to them. He is going to waste billions of our money on this Blair’s folly.

I have signed that petition (2,351st) so thanks for bringing it to my attention entwisi.