On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Nicholas Clark wrote: > That doesn't answer your question directly, but I think that the opposition > fragments because different people object to different levels on the above > list of possibilities
Indeed. My own oppostion stems from two, not entirely unrelated themes. 1. I have seen no evidence that it will be any harder to obtain an identity card than it currently is to obtain a passport. So it's benefit in reducing benefit fraud etc is minimal at best and certainly doesn't seem to justify the extreme cost. 2. The governments ability to deliver large scale IT projects is almost zero. Time after time major projects have failed and this will be the largest IT project undertaken by central government. It is almost certain to fail too, wasting tens or hundreds of millions of pounds of our money. On a conceptual level I have no particular problem with carrying an id card. Do I trust the government to get it right and to protect my data ? Not a bloody chance ! Simon. -- "Death or plumbing?"
