From the Labour party manifesto they have a policy to bring in ID cards:
The new biometric ID scheme which already covers foreign nationals will be offered to an increasing number of British citizens, but will not be compulsory for them. It will help fight the growing threat of identity theft and fraud, as well as crime, illegal immigration and terrorism. In the next Parliament ID cards and the ID scheme will be self-financing. The price of the passport and ID cards together with savings from reduced fraud across the public services will fully cover the costs of the scheme.
Compulsory ID Cards Poll
Loading ...I’m torn on compulsory ID cards, I like the concept of an ID card if it helps tackle crime and helps British people in their day to day life. For example if a person is in an accident and the paramedics scan your ID card and find what you blood type is and any relevant medical information like allergies etc… (no idea if they will be able to do this?).
Could also help tackle illegal immigration, if every British citizen holds a compulsory ID card, it would make illegal immigrants finding work harder.
But then I worry about the erosion of our civil liberties, will the ID cards that the Labour party say won’t be compulsory in the next parliament only be used for helpful things or is this the top of the slippery slope of more Big Brother in Britain, will they for example be compulsory 10 years from now???
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ID cards themselves are no big deal. It is the database behind the UK card that sends shivers down everyone’s spine, because it will record when and where the card is used. Usage records cannot be deleted and are open to inspection by snoopers from the police, spies, HMRC etc. The cardholder must keep their records updated for the rest of their life, with draconian penalties if they don’t.
Finally the (enormously expensive) system that is being developed for the UK ID card is unlikely to work as the Home Office think (it will not be totally reliable). It offers few of the benefits of a properly thought out system. Such benefits would include the ability to verify your ID online, which the UK system cannot do. The UK ID card has shiny contacts on it to make it look like a “chip and pin” card. They are for show. The ID card chip uses (inherently unsafe) RFID technology.
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Why on Earth the only country in the world is Uk who do not have IDs Card,if you have nothing to hide why are you so afraid of that anyway you and I are already in so many database and nobody ask you if consent to that an believe me it’s worse than a ID card of course a lot of people do not want ID’s Cards because they want to continue their fraud it is not may be you situation and you can be sure the money for the ID’s cards will be very quickly back because it will be more difficult to do fraud any have thought about the waste of money with proof of Identity,bills , address proof , Bank statements some times for six monthe this is privacy and every one just give it when asked but again not the ID’s Cards
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And what if the govt. has a “whoopsie-daisy” and loses this data? There’s already been so much data misplaced, that’s worrying for a start. And what’s more worrying is this data is much more detailed than the data that has already been lost.
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These are ‘interesting times’. The spread of CCTV, which nobody voted for, the arming of the police, the creation of the ostensibly friendly ‘community police’ and attempts to establish a network of citizen snoopers/informants; and not least the many efforts to introduce ID cards, which police officers would no doubt insist on seeing any time they feel pushy. We are heading for dark days, and vigilance has never been more important.
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Against. The cost (both monetary and in terms of liberty) simply isn’t work it, and the money is better spent elsewhere (eg. greater, more involved community policing or stronger border policing).
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too much money will be wasted again . i will not support this idea.
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ID cards are supposedly a way to prove you are who you say you are, but of course they can only do that if you prove your identity in the first place
ID cards do not stop illegal immigration, as proven in other countries.
ID cards are just another idea of this authoritarian government to control us, along with such ideas as the smoking ban, anti-drinking and “junk food” campaigns, replacing hereditary peers with Labour loyalists so they can pass any laws they want, locking us into a undemocratic European superstate without asking us, taking all our money via increasing/introducing taxes etc etc etc
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Yes about immigration but and do you think that fraud is only the immigrants? surely not and an ID Card is the best way to try to stop benefit frauds because now how many people can say I am Mr A later on I am Mr B.
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I love the idea of compulsory ID cards. Lets have five years of this & arm the police too. Anyone found on the streets after a cut off date & without a card should be liable to summary execution. Thus saving the tax payer the vast cost of lengthy court battles & or hundreds of thousands of air fares to return for the no longer welcome.
Repeal the smoking ban, the less pensions we need to pay the better.
Means test child benefit.
The main problem here is Heathrow will be horrendously busy for a few weeks prior to my earlier mentioned cut off date.
A small price to pay
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I think Its a good idea !
Keeping this sort of record will mean police can keep an eye on people with records of constant Anti-social behaviour and might even prevent crimes !
I like the idea that this will also prove who you are.. Bad luck for criminals !
Arm the police !
and Bring back proper school discapline !
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here is why all digital security measures and CCTV in the uk is a VERY sinister thing, they actually allow terrorism instead of stopping it
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I grew up in a country with ID cards and loads of identification rules. In this country you need ID cards for absolutely everything -to pay with debit/credit card, for loans, a new passport, to pay by check, to enter some buildings, to walk on the street, to get discounts, etc…truly everything, and it has to be renewed every 10 years.
Results:
One of the most abusive police forces in the world (it can stop and search you and send you into prison for not carrying your ID)
One of the highest levels of corruption and fraud in the world
Very high levels of identity theft
Discrimination due to marital status (stated in the ID Cards)
Discrimination in the work place
High levels of illegal immigration (currently down thanks to all of the above an not ID cards)
Although the above are not created by ID cards, these have done absolutely nothing to improve the situation , if so only made it worse.
I am also against because:
They create a lot of wastage
are expensive
are invasive
and finally because a good government trusts in the people no criminalise them. we are in our majority good working people, together for a better country. Please stop this nonsense, Great Britain was a desert island populated by immigrants. Those against immigration in Britain are against the very principle that has made this lovely island a great place to live and to look after.
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Guys, having an ID book, not card, is not a bad thing. We in South Africa have ID books but we NEVER have to carry it around like a big brother, Nazi police state.
It is not like you have to present it to every cop on a street corner and show it whenever you want to buy bread. I only ever have to show it when I go to the bank (even then your drivers license card is sufficient).
I don’t think Britain realises how it would help to track THOUSANDS of illegals living in Britain. An ID book will never, ever work against a citizen. And besides, what personal info can they have on the system? Your name? Last name? and ID number. It is not like they can track you every where you go.
Relax. It is something that can work for you. If you are in Britain legally off course.
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