Comments on: Ten lessons for the left from Europe

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:42:08 +0000

Given that ID Cards are a racist’s wet dream, we can conclude from this that McShane himself would be happier in the BNP.

By: martinb

martinb — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:46:03 +0000

…and he’s comparing the SNP in Scotland to the BNP.

Hey Denis: it takes more than sharing 2 letters in your name to make you equivalent.

By: martinb

martinb — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:44:53 +0000

He also blamed the BNP’s election on PR on the night (on BBC News24).

Kneejerking, thought-free robot.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:31:01 +0000

At times I wonder if the whole idea of the ID card is to make the long term inhabitants of this island feel uncomfortable, and to encourage them to flee elsewhere. Then the land will be available to all those who wish to come here.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:48:54 +0000

Hilarious to see how Mr McShane’s attack on the BNP includes a coded appeal to xenophobia, with ID cards being presented as a way to “know who has a right to be in Britain and who has not.”

What’s more, this justification of Home Office ID cards is wholly misleading. Under current legislation, the Home Office scheme would do no such thing. No-one legally in the country for less than six months would have one, and nor would any citizen of an EU country with a right to work here (including our friends from France, Germany, Poland, Italy, and so on). Large numbers of both legal and illegal residents would be completely outside the ID card system.