I. D. Cards on there way

jaysay · 06-05-2009, 11:19

I. D. Cards are to be issued, on a voluntary basis, in Manchester from the Autumn at a cost of £30, Will be handy for people without a passport or driving licence

flashy · 06-05-2009, 11:22

i agree with these, will we be able to use them instead of a passport though?

SamF · 06-05-2009, 11:34

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Originally Posted by flashy

i agree with these, will we be able to use them instead of a passport though?

For the purpose of passing ports ? No.

For ID etc, Yes.

entwisi · 06-05-2009, 11:50

who else reckons this is teh penalty Manchester is paying for saying NO to congestion charging..........

Neil · 06-05-2009, 12:10

A voluntary penalty, ermmm maybe not

SamF · 06-05-2009, 12:20

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Originally Posted by entwisi

who else reckons this is teh penalty Manchester is paying for saying NO to congestion charging..........

Of course not, it's because of Manchester's diversity and large youthful population

Yup us kids can't get enough of paying £30 to have a card tell us who we are.

pipinfort · 06-05-2009, 13:26

I`d be all in favour of ID cards if they were FREE.........!

SamF · 06-05-2009, 13:33

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

I`d be all in favour of ID cards if they were FREE.........!

Free as in you pay for them in taxes rather than pay for them in cash ?

pipinfort · 06-05-2009, 13:34

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Originally Posted by SamF

Free as in you pay for them in taxes rather than pay for them in cash ?

Yes, that would be fine.............

cashman · 06-05-2009, 13:49

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I. D. Cards are to be issued, on a voluntary basis, in Manchester from the Autumn at a cost of £30, Will be handy for people without a passport or driving licence

the report i saw said between £30/£60 fer em, now seriously ya would have to have rocks in yer head to volunteer to pay that out, i have no objection too them but the spanish one i had costs less than half of that, as no doubt royboy will verify. another example of rip off britain.

entwisi · 06-05-2009, 14:02

why???????

they will do nothing to avoid terrorist attacks, contain all data in a single place ( commonly known as a single point of failure in business) add no value whatsoever over teh methods already available to us ( driving licenses, passports, bills etc)

so you want to waste BILLIONS of pounds and risk the failure of the one system giving all your data in one foul swoop for no value whatsoever. No thanks, I'd rather stay as I am.

katex · 06-05-2009, 15:09

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I. D. Cards are to be issued, on a voluntary basis, in Manchester from the Autumn at a cost of £30, Will be handy for people without a passport or driving licence

As I understand it Jaysay .. only passport holders can apply for the identification cards ...

flashy · 06-05-2009, 15:40

it wont take someone long to be able to 'copy' them

jaysay · 06-05-2009, 16:02

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Originally Posted by katex

As I understand it Jaysay .. only passport holders can apply for the identification cards ...

They were saying that joe public can walk into a post office or chemists an sign up for them, so long as you pay your £30. I don't have a problem with the card, its just what data they will have on them, given the track record of our government at losing, er um data

yerself · 06-05-2009, 16:16

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Originally Posted by entwisi

one foul swoop

Come on SamF. You missed that one, shame on you.