Sunday, April 11, 2004
ID cards 'to be compulsory in six years'. Shiteyes Blunkett drops all pretense of ID Cards being voluntary. ID Cards will be compulsory by 2010. It will cost about £80 to apply for. Police will only be able to demand the card if the person is suspected of committing a crime. When the card becomes compulsory, it will be needed to access NHS care and claim benefits. And worryingly, the Tories are slowly waking up to the idea that it might be a vote winner to oppose this:
'I haven't yet seen the slightest evidence from the Government, or indeed from anyone else, that ID cards would actually substantially contribute to the battle against terrorism,' [Oliver Letwin] said. 'I haven't yet heard anything from the Government that persuades me that they have really thought through how having ID cards, with all the admitted civil liberties implications, would really help us in the fight against terrorism.'
Blunkett and all of his little cheerleaders haven't answered this one because there is no answer Oliver. They avoid the question because they know that Spain has a compulsory ID card system and it did them zero use when the terrorists came calling.
'I haven't yet seen the slightest evidence from the Government, or indeed from anyone else, that ID cards would actually substantially contribute to the battle against terrorism,' [Oliver Letwin] said. 'I haven't yet heard anything from the Government that persuades me that they have really thought through how having ID cards, with all the admitted civil liberties implications, would really help us in the fight against terrorism.'
Blunkett and all of his little cheerleaders haven't answered this one because there is no answer Oliver. They avoid the question because they know that Spain has a compulsory ID card system and it did them zero use when the terrorists came calling.
