ID Cards Editorial

Britain has come to the realisation over the past 10 years that when the Labour government tells you something is good for you, that you should worry and run in the opposite direction.

The issue of a National ID Card has been assessed by the Information Commissioner, Liberty & Civil Rights Organisations and leading academics and all have declared openly, that this scheme is dangerous beyond belief.

Below are just a few or the most recent examples of how our data is mishandled at present and the contempt this government has in its handling of it. Even after losing 25 million sensitive child benefit records, the man at the head of the department responsible who apparently did the honorable thing and resigned, was reemployed by this government days later <view story>.

This Labour government have used every dirty trick in the book to push this measure through, some of their arguments include:

1. You have nothing to fear if you having nothing to hide.

Coming from a government who hide an awful lot, it's a bit tongue in cheek. They are are aware that the law requires a higher degree of care when handling their data and therefore know that the breaches that affected so many of us, won't affect them. From a government and leader who demanded their privacy, even sealing up public beeches abroad to get it, to tell us to sacrifice ours is hypocritical. Their argument of having nothing to fear is refuted by history, the Germans had nothing to fear till Hitler came along, likewise the Jews, the Italians had nothing to fear until Mussolini came along. There are in fact BILLIONS of people around the world who can tell you of their fears, because their government have the level of control this Labour Government in the UK are trying to bring in.

2. The French and other nations already have it.

It is true that some nations have an ID card in play but it would appear that certain nations seem to be playing off one another in order to persuade their own citizens that the proposed system is safe.