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,