John Lettice’s take on the aforementioned BBC interview, noting a series of bizarre ‘coincidences’ and a *very* strange quote from Ian Watmore, apparently regarding ID cards or the identity register: “It is technologically impossible and is not today’s big worry. Plans for how we share information is in the early days,” he said. (The Register)
Ian Watmore new Government Internet supremo – ID Cards in his sights in modernising quest. (BBC)
Philip Johnston in The Telegraph smells a rat. The Home Office is recruiting a £66,000 per year Head of Marketing for ID cards, before the Bill has even been read in Parliament. Add to this the fact that Blunkett has so far failed to respond to his most recent ‘public consultation’ exercise, while continuing to [...]
Mark Oaten (LibDem Home Affairs spokesman) points out that to David Blunkett, “parliamentary scrutiny seems to be an inconvenience rather than a necessity”. In essence, the HO position is that they are going to spend our tax money on promoting an ID card scheme to us – which they say 70-80% of us want anyway [...]
John Lettice in the Register tears away the ‘voluntary’ figleaf of the UK ID card scheme, detailing the real intentions of the Home Office as stated in David Blunkett’s recent speech to Labour Party Conference.
Forcing people onto the National Identity Register if they apply for or renew a passport is nothing less than coercion – [...]
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