When did Labour become the nasty party?
Vicki Woods writes in the Daily Telegraph:
I was stunned to read this week about the stupidly named “ContactPoint”: the children’s database that is almost ready to be launched.
“ContactPoint” will include the names, ages and addresses of all 11 million under-18s in England as well as information on their parents, GPs, schools and support services such as social worker and the police.
I can think of 20 objections to such a database; but here are a few: 1) Who the hell decided that “ContactPoint” was a good idea and to whom are they accountable? Us? Don’t think so. 2) Who the hell in government thought this was a good idea and why wasn’t it scrutinised and argued over by Parliament? Answer: parliamentary scrutiny is a kind of yesterday idea these days; do keep up. And 3) Why should any parent in Britain agree to have their three-year-old on a database? Answer: they won’t need to; nobody would dream of asking for their consent.
