Saturday, June 11, 2005
I'm beginning to think we should rename the ID Card farago as 'the safety tax'. Safety is what the Government promise us we will have with the ID Card, despite admitting it doesn't do anything that would make us safe, it's universally disliked and it's price is ridiculously high. Unfortunately, unlike taxes, you couldn't presumably avoid having one simply by opting out of society and living in a cave.
But whats more, the Government has quietly admitted that they don't know how much it'll cost each UKian to have one, £93 being just the cost of making one.
Home Office minister Tony McNulty has now confirmed that figure is just the unit cost of producing a passport and ID card "based on 2005 to 2006 prices" and that the actual charge to each citizen for carrying one will depend on "future policy decisions".
But whats more, the Government has quietly admitted that they don't know how much it'll cost each UKian to have one, £93 being just the cost of making one.
Home Office minister Tony McNulty has now confirmed that figure is just the unit cost of producing a passport and ID card "based on 2005 to 2006 prices" and that the actual charge to each citizen for carrying one will depend on "future policy decisions".
