Adrian Ramsay writes in The New Statesman about David Davis and the Haltemprice and Howden bye-election:
An even more systemised form of intrusion is the proposal for ID cards, and in particular the information database that sits behind them. David Davis is now voicing opposition to the scheme, but in 2004 he voted in favour of [...]
Tony Benn, writing in the Sunday Telegraph, lists the reasons why he supports David Davis’ re-election campaign:
There are two other critical ways in which liberties are being eroded, both highlighted by Mr Davis.
The first is identity cards. I have no objection to them in principle, because in the course of my life I have held [...]
Hugo Rifkind writes in The Spectator:
Well I never. You think the government has taken its eye off the ball. You think they’ve got nothing to do except rear up in the Daily Mail to tell us how lucky we all are, or pen little slurs in political magazines because they are jealous that they never [...]
The home page of the Austrian government’s e-government web site shows the sort of excitement they hope the people of Austria will have for their ID scheme.
Their banner (shown below) is emblazoned with the slogan: “Get yourself activated … get an electronic ID card!”
Meanwhile the UK ID web site has gone with a much more [...]
Robert Winnett writes in the Daily Telegraph about the Independent Police Compliants Authority report on the HMRC Child Benefit data loss:
The investigation found “no evidence whatsoever” of misconduct or criminality by any member of HMRC.
Nigel Jordan, a senior official publicly blamed for the loss, was completely exonerated by the inquiry.
Instead it blamed the loss on [...]
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