Sharpe's Opinion
Friday, 28th Nov, 2008
No major demand for Identity Cards
John Redwood digs up the dirt on the Government’s statistics for public approval of the ID card scheme. For my sins I was originally one of the minority who supported the principle of ID cards – the concept seems more convenient than a passport and would surely be cheaper…
Of course, I originally thought scheme would be voluntary, like a passport. That, along with the revelations of the true scale, complexity and cost of the system, and this Government’s woeful record on data security, means that I am no longer in favour of the ID Card scheme. Still,