Monday, March 22, 2004
David Blunkett is at it again, apparently trying to fast track ID cards (well we knew the Home Office select committee meeting about them was going to have to struggle to even reach the status of a procedural figleaf). As with every other stage of this he's trying to minimise the opportunities for anyone to vote on this so as to avoid the chances for defeat.
Public support for ID cards has increased since the bombings in Madrid, according to a poll for The Sunday Times today. The Experian survey shows that more than 86% of people would be prepared to carry an ID card, with the overwhelming majority believing that it would help to fight crime and terrorism.
Grrr. Everyone is stupid. I believe that people should only be marked as 'supporting ID cards' if they can give, say, three examples of how carrying an ID Card would help to fight crime and terrorism, and the pollsters be obliged to argue when the member of the public makes an obvious mistake in their assumptions. If they fail, they get marked down as against it. Then you'd see 'support' down to almost nothing.
Public support for ID cards has increased since the bombings in Madrid, according to a poll for The Sunday Times today. The Experian survey shows that more than 86% of people would be prepared to carry an ID card, with the overwhelming majority believing that it would help to fight crime and terrorism.
Grrr. Everyone is stupid. I believe that people should only be marked as 'supporting ID cards' if they can give, say, three examples of how carrying an ID Card would help to fight crime and terrorism, and the pollsters be obliged to argue when the member of the public makes an obvious mistake in their assumptions. If they fail, they get marked down as against it. Then you'd see 'support' down to almost nothing.
