The Scotsman reveals that the DVLA have been selling drivers’ personal details to firms, some of which are run by convicted criminals. At a cost of only £3,000 a year, firms including a clamping company found guilty of extorting thousands of pounds from individuals have been able to directly access the DVLA’s database, finding [...]

Ned Temko writes in the Observer:
The Liberal Democrat president, Simon Hughes, yesterday vowed to go to jail rather than carry the proposed new national ID card.
The Bermondsey MP became the first senior politician to sign up to a civil disobedience campaign being mounted by opponents of the government scheme, which is facing strong opposition in [...]

According to PublicTechnology.net:
Ahead of today’s House of Commons Public Administration Committee’s inquiry into the implications of ID cards for the public services, Liberal Democrat MP Julia Goldsworthy – a member of the committee – has slammed the government for refusing to publish the “gateway” reviews of the viability of the scheme.
On the 18th October 2005, [...]

Dr. Jon Agar, from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, writes on the historical experience of ID cards in Britain:
Executive Summary
* This paper examines the two experiences of identity cards in British history and identifies features relevant to contemporary debate.
* [...]

Christina Zaba writes in The Guardian:
One of the biggest city councils in England has voted unanimously to oppose the government’s plans for ID cards on the grounds that they could lead to abuses of human rights.
Bristol city council, which is led by the Liberal Democrats, yesterday became the ninth local authority in the country to [...]