The unelected Lords appear to be acting on behalf of the majority of people in this country who do not want an ID card at all let alone a compulsory scheme and here we have the government wheeling out MP’s, our so-called ‘elected representatives’ (who do not represent the will of the people at all), to push through bad law.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Well, it’s the old good guy (Lords), bad guy (Commons) routine, being played out in true pantomime fashion to hoodwink us into believing we live in a democracy where we have some type of representation in Parliament, in this case, through the Lords.

The Lords may very well vote again for a voluntary ID scheme – what good guys! But, in the end the vote will not count for anything when Charles Clarke pushes through his pet project using the Parliament Act.

Bad guys win again, everyone thinks we live in a democracy, curtains close… ‘Encore, encore!’ It works a treat every time. What a farce!

As The Register reports, the UK Identity Cards legislation has been bounced around for a third time, with the Commons reinstating the compulsory aspect of the scheme (compelling anyone who takes out a passport also to take an ID card and be entered on…