Comments on: Preparation for ID cards goes ahead without parliament

By: System Pharmacy

System Pharmacy — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:40:50 +0000

The FDA is corrupt. Look at all the money they spend on campaigns to rush things through. They own the presidency and most of the congress and senate WBR LeoP

By: Bob McMurray

Bob McMurray — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 13:26:11 +0000

The reasons behind the proposed ID card and National Identity Register are two-fold. As we now have the technology to record personal information and physical traits on hard discs and chips respectively, we effectively have a solution looking for an application (Economist, 2- July 2005, p. 12). And of course being able to acquire and store such large quantities of information gives the state more power over the citizen – knowledge is, after all, power. So in the end we are going to be lumped with with a system and a country where the government is able to keep far closer tabs on the citizen than is legitimate and where the citizen is answerable to the state, not the other way round, as is usual in any country that is pleased to call itself a democracy.

By: Murky.org

Murky.org — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:48:16 +0000

ID Cards and Stealth
I heard on the radio today (in the car, so I don’t have exact quote) that the decision to include fingerprint details in passports was not ‘ID cards by stealth’, and in fact the passports have nothing to do with…

By: Hugo

Hugo — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:21:14 +0000

Bliar is a problem. The system of governance must be changed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:07:37 +0000

Please vote against labour. Anybody at all. Just not him. Have mercy on the rest of us.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:19:55 +0000

as everybody knows, blair will get his own way, even if he has to lie and cheat,whats next rigged elections, oh sorry labours already done that, conviction is proof. the simple way round it, dont buy a passport, boycott the new offices, or vote them out, its your choice.