David Cameron has once again used the ID cards issue to differentiate himself from Tony Blair. Ben Russell writes in the Independent: The Tory leader said he “winced” at comparisons with the Prime Minister but insisted that the “whole approach” of his politics was different. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Cameron insisted that [...]
A piece from New Scientist’s Back Page may help explain why iris recognition, originally touted as one of the ID Card’s biometrics, was recently dropped: Anything that makes air travel less miserable has to be worth a try, so we jumped at the chance of registering for the fast-track Iris Recognition Immigration System, aka IRIS, [...]
According to an article in Security Document World: The UK’s biometric-based national ID card procurement is expected to commence in June, slightly later than planned. The procurement has been delayed to fit in with the publication of a report by Sir James Crosby (commissioned by the UK Treasury), which will highlight the possible private sector [...]
Sarah Crompton comments in the Daily Telegraph about the relative priorities of government funding for the Arts, Sport and ID cards: No wonder artistic leaders as various as Nick Serota, Charles Saumarez Smith, Tony Hall and Peter Maxwell Davies are worried. It is beginning to appear as if the Lottery-backed expansion the arts have enjoyed [...]
Robert Winnett and David Leppard write in the Sunday Times: The government is predicting that some 15m people will revolt against Tony Blair’s controversial ID card scheme by refusing to produce the new cards or provide personal data on demand. The forecast is made in documents released by the Home Office under the Freedom of [...]
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