"RichardS" wrote in message
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[ re ID cards ]

Although not proposed at the current time, compulsion to carry the
card will
only be a matter of time. It'll only take one more Blunkett of a
Home
Secretary assisted by a large parliamentary majority, and it'll be
in.
Without compulsion to carry or produce, the cards are essentially
useless
for day-to-day identification purposes by the police. Perhaps
muggers and
terrorists will be compelled to produce their cards before they
commit their
crimes...


All quite correct, but what is so wrong in having to carry an ID card,
that is the point I'm trying to make, personally I can't see the need
for ID cards (certainly not for the reason Blair and Co. are giving)
but I can't see what the problems is with having to carry one if the
law demands it. I *can* see concerns about who could be entitled to
see and or access any information recorded on to the card, but then
many of the same concerns could be levelled at bank cards etc.