Scotland says NO! to ID
MSPs reject Labour’s ID card plan – BBC
“MSPs rejected ID cards by 52 votes to 47 after the Green motion received cross-party support, although the matter is reserved to Westminster.”
But puzzlingly,
“The Liberal Democrats abstained from the vote.”
February 25th, 2005 at 07:34
In other news today, this week’s ‘The Long View’ looks at the history of ID cards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/longview/longview.shtml
February 26th, 2005 at 09:18
The LibDems abstained because they wanted a stronger resolution, but you’d never guess this from the BBC report.