Michael Cross writes in The Guardian about Transformational Government:
What no one has done is set out the e-government programme in a political context. It’s never featured prominently in election manifestos, or been debated in Parliament, let alone put to a referendum. Instead, it’s presented almost as a force of nature, an inescapable tide of demography [...]
In Bell writes in The Herald:
After the child benefit fiasco there was a widespread assumption that the government would “think again” over a national identity card. The existence of a sufficient supply of gall was in question. It was almost taken for granted that humbled ministers would understand “A therefore B”. If you cannot manage [...]
According to the Politics.co.uk web site:
A former Labour minister has spoken out against the government’s identity cards scheme in the wake of the latest data loss revelations.
Kate Hoey, who served as Britain’s first female sports minister from 1999 to 2001, argued on BBC2’s Newsnight programme last night that public mistrust would cause the Home Office [...]
Nick Assinder writes on the BBC web site:
The transport secretary came to the Commons to confirm the latest data breach, which once again stunned MPs on all sides of the house.
She also attempted to reassure MPs and the public that there was no evidence any fraud had been committed as a result.
But the one thing [...]
Nick Cohen writes in The Observer, commenting on the European Convention of Human Rights, and its incorporation into British law as the Human Rights Act:
The European Convention of Human Rights has never been a good defender of the liberties the British treasure most. The most glaring modern instance is ID cards. Most oppose them because [...]
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