Identity Card Plans Revised By British Government

Given the recent data problems facing the Government, it seems that they are trying to re-work their identity card plans.

The introduction of biometric passports will be delayed from 2010 to 2012, and you won't have to get an identity card at the same time.

Non-EU Nationals will still be issued with compulsory identity cards this year.

This is one year before people with high-security roles, for some odd reason. Do the Government view people from Africa or South America as more likely to commit terrorism than an airline pilot or army explosives expert?

However many concessions the Government make, I won't support the plans and will avoid registering.

People will come up with a way to fake ID cards just like they did to get round chip and pin. The money that the scheme costs should be spent on frontline services in the fight against terrorism: the police, the NHS and the prisons.

And who trusts the security of the database linked to the cards after the problems with other government databases?

Shelve ID Cards, Gordon, and you might have money to spend on our police force, which is losing people at a drastic rate.

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