Daily Archives: March 19, 2006


Henry Porter wrote a powerful piece in today’s Observer, higlighting the horrors of the proposed National Identity Register: The real menace comes when the ID card scheme begins to track everyone’s movements and transactions, the details of which will kept on the database for as long as the Home Office desires. Over the past few weeks, an anonymous email has been doing a very good job of enlightening people on how invasive the ID card will be. ‘Private businesses,’ says the writer, ‘are going to be given access to the national identity register database. If you want to apply for a job, you will have to present your card for a swipe. If you want to apply for a London underground Oystercard or supermarket loyalty card or driving licence, you will have to present your card.’ You will need the card when you receive prescription drugs, when you withdraw a […]

This ID project is even more sinister …