Private Eye runs a short piece in the “Street of Shame” column in the 31st August 2007 edition (No. 1192):
“Very few people doubt that the BBC bas ‘institutional bias’ when it comes to discussing the invasion of Iraq,” David Blunkett writes in his Sun column. “But what about other topics? How about an issue close [...]
Francis Elliott writes in The Times:
Senior social workers have given warning of the dangers posed by a new government register that will store the details of every child in England from next year.
They fear that the database, containing the address, medical and school details of all under-18s, could be used to harm the children whom [...]
As part of a comment on the murder of Rhys Jones, The Sun comments on the relative costs of more police and ID cards:
The numbers of police on the beat are a national scandal. It is little wonder armed gangs roam free when they fear nothing but other armed gangs.
Nine out of ten police are [...]
Headstar E-Government Bulletin reports further Home Office comment on John Daugman’s criticism of the proposed use of fingerprints in the ID Card scheme:
Use of fingerprints has drawn criticism from academics such as John Daugman, Professor at Cambridge University Computer Laboratory, who claims they are no better than 95 per cent accurate. In practice, this would [...]
Further evidence is emerging of tensions between the Home Office and the Treasury over how to proceed with the proposed Identity Card Scheme. Sarah Arnott, writing in Computing, reports comments from Identity and Passport Service (IPS) chief executive James Hall in response to rumours that the Treasury will recommend faster deployment of a scaled-back ID [...]
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