UK ID cards?

Question

What steps can be taken - if any - to prevent the introduction of identity cards in the UK?

One of the reasons I ask is because you will be prevented from getting a passport unless you "volunter "to hand over 90 odd quid and buy one.

Sydney - sweetheart - no I'm not an illegal immigrant (British born and bred luvvie) but I do feel it's important to protect my freedom of choice, I have enough ID, and I don't think a pathetic little plastic card is going to prevent a potential terrorist - who could surlely find £93 to buy one. You fancy all you personal info being sold to the highest bidder???

Answer 1

Such ID cards are a bad idea. Remember Orwell's "1984", he could see the problem with "Big Brother" being able to track every movement of every person. The cards are ideal for use by an authoritarian government to control dissent.

Mr. B is a problem, he wants to grow his own vegetables in his backyard instead of buying them from the national store and keeps Farmer G underemployed. Mr B accuses the local political official of corruption because he got his teenage daughter to leave home and be a mistress to a married man. in exchange for a promotion. He won't be quiet, saying he has the right to speak out. So the government just negates his ID card and he no longer exists, he can't buy anything, his money is gone, he can't work, he can't identify himself to the police, which is a crime and he winds up in prison as a non-person. Alternatively his ID card allows the police to track him wherever he goes. Also the information on everything he does and buys would be for sale or be used by the government and business.

What steps to take? Ask every candidate for every elected office whether they support a national ID and vote for those who don't. If they lie, don't re-elect them. Repeat the process.

Answer 2

loads of countries have ID cards - it doesn't' change much there. We all are identified by DNA present in every cell in our body. We cheerfully gave our data out to any shop that asks, why are we worried about a scrap of plastic that everyone knows will be compromised within a year or two. It seems that this is a money making exercise for our government's friends in Capita or EDS or whatever public/private contractor that is next in line for a handout

Answer 3

I think we need ID now they can keep track on us with our mobile phones, credit cards, passports, driving licences, store loyalty cards and many more thing I think our ID should also have our finger prints and Iris photographs as it would put a stop to the mess this county is in not knowing who is here. Any one visiting a hospital, doctor, dentist, bank or of course benefit offices would be able to be traces much easier. Bring it on, I have nothing to hide and I pay my taxes.

Answer 4

Vote out the proposing (labour) party. Simple. Arrogant gargantuan tax monsters they are. And neo conservative to boot! Make tories look like the green party ffs!

ID cards will actually make it easier for fraudsters; nothing is tamper proof. And a small very expensive plastic card will not stop a determined terrorist blowing up a home made contraption. We'll just know who the remains belong to if the card is still intact. Thats if its not a forgery anyway!

Answer 5

I welcome ID cards. The only people who seem to be against ID cards are people who may have something to hide. The real debate is about what form the ID card should take and if it should be a high tech computerised biometric doodah. My personal opinion is that it should be based on the French and Spanish ID card system which is a tried and tested system which costs much less than the £150 new labour is planning to make us pay.

Answer 6

Get an army of 200 000. Take over the country and cancel ID cards.

Answer 7

I think it is a brilliant idea to have identity cards in the UK.
Home secretary John Reid is doing everything possible to force the illegal immigtrants out of the UK.

You must be a bloody illegal immigrant, that is why you want to stop the identity cards from being issued.

why else would you want to ban this programme.

I hope this makes life unbearable for you and all the other Illegal immigrants who came to this country illegally.
Try the proper avenues on becoming a naturalized citizen, before just entering peoples country's illegally.

That's all I have to say on that matter......

Answer 8

I would be in favour if they did bring them into effect, but if you are a British citizen then you already have two forms of ID already with our national health numbers and you N.I number,also driving licence if you have one. I would bet that not a lot of the UK people actually know their National health number unique to every individual born in UK.Also your birth documents are registered if you are born in UK.

Answer 9

We have the same problem here in the U.S. They will be implementing them here in March of 2008.

I think you have to spread awareness about what these I.D. cards are for. The media and the politicians will spin the ID cards as positive thing so it could be tough.

Answer 10

What exactly is wrong with them? They're just cards which can be useful to you. I really do think people worry too much about things.