UK ID Cards?

Question

I dont want to get into the debate on whether they are a good thing or a bad thing, what i want to know is will anyone refuse to have them? I will be refusing, as I already hold a passport and photodriving licence, and I do not personally believe it will help counteract terriorism as we already have 2 forms of id which have been ineffectual. But would anyone else refuse to have one even if you were forced to? i.e. it became a criminal offence not to have one?

As I currently understand it we also will be required to pay a fee - the latest figure is £90.00!

Answer 1

I will be refusing they can stick them where the sun don't shine. How the hell will they make people on benefit pay £90? Just another ludicrous attempt to keep track of everyones movements! George Orwell got it right!

Answer 2

,'Fred Bear' has got it right George Orwell's '1984' began in May 1997 and is being enforced every day by the Thought Police of this government. Most people have loads of identification that they carry every day. They(the ID cards) would never be effective against terrorism anyway. If the price now is estimated at 5.4 billion what will it go to after all the mistakes that will be made. Look at the NHS computer system supposed to be about 20 billion and still defective. You couldn't make it up!

Answer 3

The only problem I can see with ID cards is the cost, if this stupid government wants us to have them then they should be free, anyone who refuses to have one despite having a passport & photo driving licence must have something to hide (possibly) this is just another way this government wants to extract money from the working class to pay for their idiotic mistakes they have made during their so called reigning period, just another one of Blair & Browns' stealth taxes, to keep us working to have to pay for their luxuries, so come on you Brits dont put your backs to the wall fight for what you think is right & get rid of this idiotic government & get our borders closed & kick out all the undesireables, then ID cards would not be required

Answer 4

I don't particularly want to go to jail but I don't see the sense of them if you have a passport and/or a photo driving licence. In any case most things can be forged and I expect the ID cards will be - so what is the point of them in the first place? I don't want one - and if they are compulsory - the Government should fork out for them, not the public.

Answer 5

I'm from UK, but been living in Malta for over 10 years, we had had them here for years, I have found them useful, because it is the size of a credit card and whenever you do bank transactions or cash cheques they ask for your ID no, as long as I have my ID on me I can use it for lots of things and it saves lots of time, well, that's just my oppinion, if you are against them you are entitled to voice your oppinion. I'm not that bothered, many countries have had them for years, also for kids, they can't get into bars without their ID. Well, if you have to pay for it then that's a different story, I would refuse, the government should foot the bill.

Answer 6

I agree, we have enough I.D. already. Another piece will soon be counterfeited by those who make a living at it and will not halt terrorism.

I will refuse on the grounds of cost. I would not be able to afford anything near £90.00. I am a Pensioner worried enough about the cost of living already.

Oops, my husband is answering this one too. lol.

Answer 7

I wouldn't refuse, but I'd object to paying for it. Unlike passports, they won't be optional, therefore since the Government wants us to have them, they should pay for us to have them. You're right, it won't change a damn thing, so it's a waste of time & money (bit like a lot of other Government ideas, really!)

Answer 8

Sadly, I will probably get one. Sadder still, not only will I pay for it, but I'll also pay for those given to people who refuse to pay for their own. I'm talking about the new(ish) and growing underclass of professional takers. And just to set the record straight, I do not object to subsidising the sick, elderly, disabled, students, carers, low income workers or those who are unemployed through no fault of their own.

Answer 9

When I lived in Germany I had to have one and I don't see why it shouldn't also be compulsory in England. After all, if you have nothing to hide, what's the problem. For those who are swearing that they will refuse to have one even if it becomes law, I have just one message: Go back home to whatever country you are illegally emigrating from.

Answer 10

i've got in simple terms those days flown from Birmingham to Edinburgh, actually this weekend in simple terms long previous. I had my passport with me yet they pronounced that i wanted photograph identity. needless to say it ought to be a recognized style of identity. you need to no longer case in point pass such as your nearby entertainment centre identity because of fact it has a image on it. they want a perfect recognized style of identity - including a driving license or a passport. that is much less complicated just to take a passport in case you have one. A drivers license comes close 2d. maximum folk I travelled with had a passport. you need to genuinely verify such as your airline for the main present day information as those style of issues can tend to lose your flight in case you take place with some identity that may no longer proper. there is not any discussing it on the airport. in case you do not have the excellent identity they're going to no longer enable you on the flight. end of.