ID cards will not be compulsory

[HairyArsedBloke]

From BBC news article:

"Some 3,500 UK citizens have already applied for the cards."

Well, that's a good start isn't it. Only 60 million more to go then.

I wonder how many of that 3,500 are criminals / hackers trying to get hold of one to clone it?

[Sysman]

Telegraph

Classic line from the 1970s there:

This is no way to run the country

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I wonder how many of that 3,500 are criminals / hackers trying to get hold of one to clone it?

AFAIK you can't apply yet - only "express an interest" so even that figure is misleading at best

[RichardCranium]

Finally! Someone on the board with a proper sense of humor.

humour

[PM-Junkie]

Finally! Someone on the board with a proper sense of humor.

AMERICAN ALERT!!!

I'll hold him down while you lot kick him...

[HairyArsedBloke]

Alan Johnson MP: "We need identity cards, and soon"

... And this is why I have taken the decision to speed up the rollout of identity cards by announcing that alongside people in Manchester, residents in the wider north-west will also be able to apply for a card in the new year.

Cheeky, lying frakers.

[TinTrump]

The government has continually changed its reasoning why ID cards are justified, making me extremely suspicious of its motives. How secure is this centralised information going to be, because I don't trust them to ensure that. Plus the issue of cost.

One project I would never work upon.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Catch 22

Telegraph

It will not be a problem for you but the next generation might find
it difficult to open a bank account or get a driving licence etc.

ie catch 22 . You don't need an ID but if you can't prove who you are then
you will have a problem.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

It will not be a problem for you but the next generation might find
it difficult to open a bank account or get a driving licence etc.

ie catch 22 . You don't need an ID but if you can't prove who you are then
you will have a problem.

Indeed - except it's nothing to do with proving who you are, it's showing you have some shaky credentials that match the government's equally shaky idea of who they think you are.

[ace00]

.. And this is why I have taken the decision to speed up the rollout of identity cards by announcing that alongside people in Manchester, residents in the wider north-west will also be able to apply for a card in the new year.

Get the scallys & scousers on there first. Good show.