Uk Id Cards

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BLUNKETT: QUEUE FOR ID CARDS May 5 2004




By James Hardy, Political Editor


PEOPLE will queue around the block to register for national ID cards - but they won't work.

Home Secretary David Blunkett predicted yesterday the £35 cards will be so popular the Government could struggle to meet the demand.

But the pilot scheme of 10,000 has already been hit by major problems.

The UK Passport Service, which is running the trial, said equipment for biometric details such as iris scans has had to be withdrawn. Problems include difficulty reading iris prints and unreliable recording of fingerprints.

Mr Blunkett told the Commons home affairs committee he believed the 80 per cent target of people with the cards would be hit early - before 2013.

He said: "Once we have this up and running people will queue up for it and we will have to deal with a flow and flood of people wanting it."

The Home Office intends to set up a voluntary system - to go with new hi-tech passports - within three years.



this comment reminds me of mrs. thatcher saying "the poll tax will be very popular indeed"....and the MP (it may have been gordon brown but i am not sure) that said in the debate about MPs pay rises " the tax paying public will not be impressed if we undervalue our worth"

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Originally posted by vidcc@5 May 2004 - 17:38
and the MP (it may have been gordon brown but i am not sure) that said in the debate about MPs pay rises " the tax paying public will not be impressed if we undervalue our worth"

If we paid them what they were worth, then the benefits system would be much better..

....coz they'd all be on it

[Biggles]

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Thanks for that snippet. I will do my public duty and wait till the rush has died down. I wouldn't want to further burden the system. Sometime in 2020 should do.

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Originally posted by Biggles@5 May 2004 - 19:25
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Thanks for that snippet. I will do my public duty and wait till the rush has died down. I wouldn't want to further burden the system. Sometime in 2020 should do.

You can go right before me then

[Neil__]

Apart from the obvious civil liberties issues. The biggest problem I have with these cards is the assumption that you’re guilty of something if you’re against them.

I know of people who want one just to show the neighbors they are GOOD citizens.

If that’s the case why have privacy at all.

As for the idea that the system will have trouble coping with demand, how about the court and prison system coping with the tens/hundreds of thousands of people who refuse to pay the fine for not having one.

If Blunket had his way everyone would be scanned at birth and also have their DNA sampled for a national database.

I don’t know what he’s doing in the Labour party I think he’s more suited to the BNP
He’s right wing enough.

Neil

[lynx]

Originally posted by Neil__@12 May 2004 - 03:55
I don’t know what [Blunket]’s doing in the Labour party I think he’s more suited to the BNP
He’s right wing enough.

But are they right wing enough for him?