Now we need ID cards for a trip to the Isle of Wight
Jason Lewis writes in the Mail on Sunday:
Passengers on ferries to the Isle of Wight and Scottish islands such as Mull and Skye will soon have to carry identity papers to comply with new police anti-terror powers.
And travellers flying between British cities or to Northern Ireland face having their personal data logged when booking tickets and checking in.
Until now ferry passengers on most routes in Britain have not been required to produce ID and internal flight passengers only face random police checks.
But under new Government security rules that will come into force next year, personal data, including name, date of birth and home address, will be typed into a computer record for the police by the booking clerk or travel agent.
March 29th, 2009 at 07:23
Yes, I see. The ID cards will be purely voluntary. No one will be forced to have one if they don’t want to.
But of course you will need one to ride a bus, draw out cash, enter any public building, buy anything, pay your taxes, get medical or dental treatment…
“Ausweis, bitte!”
“Jawohl, Herr Sturmmann!”
March 29th, 2009 at 17:42
[...] are pointing out that the government will soon require you to have ID cards to travel within the UK if travel involves air or boats. How long before this is needed for train tickets an petrol [...]
March 31st, 2009 at 08:52
So how do we get the Isle of Wight to declare independence of the mainland and wash our hands of this shower once and for all?
April 3rd, 2009 at 19:55
Will we need photo ID to use the Woolwich Ferry, or the Gosport Steamer (to name but two river/estuary boat crossings)? If not, where do they intend to draw the line, and why there?
Then, will we be required to produce photo ID to buy a train or bus ticket? I believe that they already do have to produce ID to buy train tickets in the USA, so why not here
I thought that governments were supposed to protect their populations, not oppress/suppress them!