{"id":205,"date":"2006-04-21T19:09:09","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T19:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2006-04-22T08:07:20","modified_gmt":"2006-04-22T08:07:20","slug":"blogdial-posts-on-id-cards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?page_id=205","title":{"rendered":"BLOGDIAL on ID cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been many posts on the subject of ID cards made on BLOGDIAL, from before the time that there was even a proposal for a UK ID card.<\/p>\n

BLOGDIAL is totally opposed to ID cards as a matter of principle. They are a hideous, dehumanising mechanism of state control, and no enlightened country deploys them. These are posts from the pre Word Press incarnation of BLOGDIAL.<\/p>\n

Read on…<\/p>\n

2001<\/h1>\n

BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Like I said before, cameras and ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> will do nothing to stop people carrying out these acts. One of these “terrorists” actually had “International Terrorist” as his occupation on his official identity card. Some of the pilots…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2001_09_16_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…ID<\/font><\/strong> Card<\/font><\/strong> FAQ An ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>, by definition, is a form of internal passport. Virtually all ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> worldwide develop a broader usage over time, than was originally envisioned for them. This development of new and unintended purposes is…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2001_09_23_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> and objected to “proposals to intercept every email, bank transaction and mobile phone call” in its pro-civil liberties editorial, then handed out an olive branch to the Home Secretary. “There are … important…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Update: 10\/18 01:48 GMT by M: Hah! btempleton writes: “Here is a prototype of Larry Ellison’s new national ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>.” Someone Clever Said: This has a way of being inevitable unless you, the people, fight like grim death against it….
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2001_10_14_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Some Personal Views from Around the World of ID<\/font><\/strong> Cards<\/font><\/strong>. Read it and weep. from Privacy International In 1994, in an attempt to discover the problems caused by ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>, Privacy International compiled a survey containing reports from…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2001_10_21_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…My way of thinking and behaving protects those people in other countries who want to do national service, carry ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>, be numbered, sell thier organs, pray to statues, not pray to statues. whatever. You are free to do what you…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…One MP called for the mandatory issuing of ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> for all UK citizens, as well as “mandatory genetic profiling of all UK citizens”, “so that we can follow these people where ever they go, from safe house to safehouse”. Yet another…
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2002<\/h1>\n

BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…be an easy one, but so many security initiatives are presented without any clear statement of the problem. National ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> are a purported solution without any clear problem. Increased net surveillance has been presented as a…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2002_06_09_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…The Danish CPR system was put in place in the seventies, and the issue of ID<\/font><\/strong>–cards<\/font><\/strong> has been up countless times in the time since. Every time, it has been debated out and dropped, the winning argument mostly being “what would we need…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2002_08_04_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Singapore where to sign up for a free internet account whilst I was out there I needed to use ‘my’ ID<\/font><\/strong> Card<\/font><\/strong> #. Obviously I don’t have an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>, so I just used my girlfriend’s as she is a Singapore resident. But she is a French…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2002_09_29_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Caplan stands firm against ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> By JEFF SALLOT Monday, November 18, 2002 OTTAWA — Canadians don’t need national identification cards, Revenue Minister Elinor Caplan says, flatly rejecting an idea being floated by one of her…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…I dont have a problem with the Belgians<\/font><\/strong> and thier ID card which must be carried by law whenever you leave your house. I dont have a problem with the Danes, who have a state issued number, assigned at birth. What I DO have a big…
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2003<\/h1>\n

BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Into the final days of the government’s Great ID<\/font><\/strong> Card<\/font><\/strong> Consultation – and the Home Office couldn’t be more excited. Lord Falconer continues to tell everyone who’ll listen that over 1500 people have responded, and the majority of…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_01_05_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…to stop our Chinese suspect from attending is to exclude him from the UK completely. The alternative, of demanding ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> from all students as they turn up for lectures, would involve an unacceptable change in the open culture…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_01_12_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…A horrible story about Spanish ID<\/font><\/strong> Cards<\/font><\/strong> posted by Irdial Discs , 11:34 PM \u00de Apple DOS was a painful, painful thing. Actually, everything on the Apple II was pretty brutal. The last time I used one of those machines was in 94 or…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>?” musings last month, when they were enthusiastically backing a one-day conference on the subject of “what the next steps should be towards the possible implementation of an Entitlement Card”. Schlumberger also…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Thats another example of why ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> and centralized databases using unique identifiers are a very bad idea. And of course, the article meant “Brute Force”. Info World posted by Irdial Discs , 9:06 AM \u00de Thursday, March 06, 2003…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…>>Scots ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> plan gets green light >> >>First Minister Jack McConnell is to place the plan at the heart of >>Labour? Scottish Parliament election campaign, risking the wrath >>of civil liberties campaigners and his Liberal…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_03_23_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…the Home Office didn’t take this route to introduce ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> quietly. Perhaps they’ve now realised their previous error… ‘Smart’ passports to be introduced in 2005 By Matthew Beard The Independent, 28\/4\/2003 Plans are in the…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_04_27_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Everyone is against ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>. They wont solve the problem of fraud. They wont solve the problem of terrorism. The consultations have all been overwhelmingly negative. David Blunkett is a fool, a rabid, out of touch control addict,…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_05_18_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…The United States, which does not require its citizens to carry ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>, has for years used biometric “crossing cards” to help police its border with Mexico. . U.S. Embassies and consulates in Mexico have issued 6 million such…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_06_22_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…He was the last person prosecuted in Britain for refusing to produce his wartime ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> and he spearheaded a public campaign that led to their abolition 50 years ago. Next week, David Blunkett will seek to revive the idea. What…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_07_06_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…When the British fought off ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> By Ryan Dilley BBC News Online Compulsory ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> are nothing new in the UK. They were issued to all British civilians during World War II. That is until one ordinary man said no. Clarence…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_09_21_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…The Cabinet has decided to put off a decision on whether compulsory ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> should be introduced until later this decade. rejoice, but not too much But it said a voluntary scheme could be brought in earlier. But we all know that…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_11_02_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…into telling people exactly why they should worry. It’s hard to grasp real freedom when most believe that compulsory ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> are not a limit on that freedom. *Reason: 1. [n] the capacity for rational thought or inference or…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_11_09_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Support for national ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> falls sharply By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent 19 November 2003 Public support for national identity cards has dropped sharply in the past two years, despite the enthusiastic support of David…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_11_16_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…my guess is he thinks that this will provide a spurious ‘requirement’ for his ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> as well. No doubt tracking is a feature he would love to see in ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>. Sometimes I wonder if his cleaner goes into his office in the evening &…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2003_11_23_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…One of the ironies of this current incarnation of the ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> debate is that one of the strongest proponents (David Blunkett) and one of the strongest opponents (Simon Davies, of Privacy International) both have ocular problems that…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…me at the airport and sent me back to where I flew from, but he was reasonable. I was lucky that time. If compulsory ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> are rolled out in the UK, we will have to put up with this “I was lucky\/unlucky” chatter forevermore. This…
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2004<\/h1>\n

BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…First, we should adopt a national ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>. Surprisingly, this is anathema to many conservatives. If the right is willing to imprison people indefinitely and send young people off to die in Iraq in the name of security, then why is…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_03_14_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…specifically about warmongering, compulsory vaccinating, or vaccinating without proper choice (MMR), compulsory ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>…you get the picture; anything where a false need is created that can be catered for by a contractor….
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_07_18_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…British businesses will face an extra layer of red tape when ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> are introduced, according to the boss of the government’s own regulation watchdog. David Arculus, chairman of the Better Regulation Task Force (BRTF), believes…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Id<\/font><\/strong> Cards<\/font><\/strong> Could Protect Immigrants – Blunkett By Jon Smith, Political Editor, PA News National ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> could protect immigrant workers such as the Chinese cockle pickers who died off Morecambe Bay from gangmasters, Home Secretary…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…My objection to the national ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>, at least for the purposes of this essay, is much simpler. It won’t work. It won’t make us more secure. […] It doesn’t really matter how well an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> works when used by the hundreds of…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_04_11_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…In other news, POCLAD. And ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> have everything to do with corporations. posted by Barrie James Sutcliffe , 7:39 AM \u00de And this is for you, Alison. Aw heck, this is for everyone! This is not my garden, but it inspires me so….
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…americans normally would not stand for this. They have rejected ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> regularly, rightly, as being a terrible system whose only value is a tool to abuse human rights. Asking them to be fingerprinted just to travel will make them…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_01_04_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…So if you don’t want ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> you don’t want big government? [well actually I don’t but it isn’t a causal relationship] and therefore you want to destroy the health service??? I’m so very very sorry, brand my forehead and take me to…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_01_11_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…1.3 billion Chinese citizens to get new ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 28 January 2004, 08:53 CHINA IS TO arm its lucky lucky 1.3 billion citizens with ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> over the next five years, but some will get their new chipped up…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…court cases recently were there to sow the seeds of doubt about the DPA so people would be more willing to accept ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> \/ Biometric profiling and less strict controls on who gets to know what? posted by alex tea , 2:37 PM \u00de…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…- all ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> should also contain biometric data – this will enable the wholesale surveillance of all movement not just into the EU but within the EU too […] I am not bullshitting. This is for real. An appalling nightmare made…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Consider also the possible impact of a future ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> system on the most recent waves of arrests. We can reasonably presume that the security services had a fair idea of the identity of most of the luckless 500 before they pulled…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…to enjoy our traditional freedoms, we may have to accept ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>, just as most employees have to show photo passes to enter their places of work… We will never wholly defeat terrorism. The challenge is to make everyday life…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_04_04_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…How could you possibly tolerate that? The Australians didnt tolerate it:Resisting ID<\/font><\/strong> Cards<\/font><\/strong> (Victory Down Under!) In 1987 the Australians managed to stop their government from introducing a national identify card system. Massive…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Fingerprints, ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>, congestion charge, where are the egg thieves??? Some funny stuff about John Coltrane in there too. posted by captain davros , 2:17 PM \u00de posted by Alun Kirby , 2:17 PM \u00de That photo of the Iraqi…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…readers to be installed in Libraries. Imagine that you get mugged in the street, they steal your house keys and your ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>. They go to the nearest terminal, read your address and then go straight to your house and rob you. That is…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…DHS and UK ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> biometric vendor in false ID lawsuit By John Lettice Published Tuesday 11th May 2004 12:50 GMT At San Jose Superior Court today (11 May) biometrics company Identix will seek to have a product liability and slander…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…against ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> the survey conducted by online research firm YouGov found. One million would be prepared to go to prison rather than register for a card. […] BBC News posted by Irdial Discs , 12:26 PM \u00de ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> backlash: is…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…”Let’s just tell Blunkett we’ve got ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>. He’ll never know” In other news, Chirac says something sensible, while Bush pisses in the wind. …he gently decried George Bush’s plan to reform Arab states with free elections,…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Unrelated interconnectedness, could the BBCs lukewarm reporting of the ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> issue have anything to do with Accenture being the joint front runner (with Siemens) for its proposed outsourced IT subcontract? posted by meau meau ,…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Japanese children will soon be taking ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> equipped with the latest tracking technology to school. Alarmed at a spate of violent crimes involving children, a school in western Japan will next month introduce radio frequency…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_07_11_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…called the Citizen Information Project, and the ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> database. MPs say there is no coordination here, but also warn against a government database of all information. But the ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> database should be comprehensive enough to…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…CBI backs ‘flawed’ ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> scheme CBI deputy director-general John Cridland said it shared government concern that having no way to prove identity made the UK more vulnerable to criminals and terrorists. He said: “ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> could…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_08_08_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…gigantic computer in Washington, and passed on to David Blunkett in due course to be incorporated in his exciting new ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>. “I’m glad to say, your application has been successful,” the woman told me after inspecting my…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Yet another example of why an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> must be absolutely refused. If a police man can be corrupted like this, anyone can be spied upon or smeard or blackmailed or framed for a small sum of money. The police will have access to…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…if they gather together an identical amount of support across the nation, how are they going to guarantee that the ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> fiasco is not going to be forced upon the people of Britiain? What plans do they have to ensure that there is…
\nhttp:\/\/irdial.com\/blogger\/archive\/2004_09_19_blarchive.html<\/font>
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…The government will combine the e-borders scheme with biometric ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> to track individuals entering the UK. Anti-terror Initially the system will target six million passengers a year travelling on a number of…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…legislation that will allow implementation of the scheme and include provision for a rolling programme to issue ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> along with passport renewals […] The Register Well we knew that what the government meant by voluntary was a…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Home Office said information stored on a passport would be very different to biometrics being considered for national ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> that Home Secretary David Blunkett is keen to see introduced. An out and out lie – New passports (&…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…There is almost nothing positive in the consultation document. None of the major groups consulted understand why ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> are required or how they will reduce terrorism and crime. Only the Police Federation appear strongly in…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…When is an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> not an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>? So it is clear now that the so-called ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> is proposed to to be automatically issued with a new passport, which will not be called an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>, but: 1. You would need to submit NIR information…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…unprincipled, stupid and are very much the cause of the problem, because if they refused to comply with a national ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> scheme, ANY scheme, it would die instantly. The ones I despise the most are the inured from birth saying, “It…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> business plan will not be made public The government has ruled out publishing the business case for its \u00a33.1bn ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> programme on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, despite questions over the scheme’s value for…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…and then an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>, which will only allow them to travel around their homes or to nearby aid centers, which are now being built. The Marines will be authorized to use deadly force against those breaking the rules.” Get an ID<\/font><\/strong> card…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…If you value your freedom, reject this sinister ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> We should be afraid of future governments, whose nature we can’t predict Henry Porter Friday December 17, 2004 The Guardian Where are the demonstrations demanding…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> will, of course, render infidelity a thing of the past, just after they solve the world energy crisis and bring peace to the middle East. posted by Alun Kirby , 4:09 PM \u00de […] TV is really just a tool to keep the…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Even if you are reqired to carry ID before you leave your house, like the Belgians<\/font><\/strong>, people fitting the profile will be rotinely stopped for checks, multiple times, on a daily basis. Populations have rioted because of this sort of…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…No. The Belgians<\/font><\/strong>, French, Germans et al all have ID cards and would not have brought in the European Convention on Human Rights unaltered if it destroyed the legal basis for their ID card systems. If not, it was a huge error that…
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BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…The Belgians<\/font><\/strong> have no problem with carrying an ID card. The French see nothing wrong in being guilty until proven innocent, and so on and so on. This fundamental mismatch means that a body that oversees all of these disperate groups…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…City workers first to get hi-tech ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> By Sam Lyon, Evening Standard Britain’s first hi-tech identity cards are being issued to London workers today, the Evening Standard can reveal. The cards, containing details of…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…But opponents of the bill say it would create a national ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> and a de facto national database — a concept that Congress rejected when it was first proposed several years ago. The act would force states to produce standardized,…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…to sign an $82 billion military spending bill soon that will, in part, create electronically readable federal ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> for Americans. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the package–which includes the Real ID…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…And here is another example from something that is not a fait accompli; “ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>: a bullwark against terrorists, illeglal immigrants and fraud, or a pointless excersise in burocracy and an infringement of our civil liberties?”. Now…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…been used as some sort of pretext for ‘needing’ ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> to prevent terrorism: 1. The convicted person was a failed asylum seeker – he was already ‘in the system’, if he had been given an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> he would still be a failed asylum…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…by area, with more and more of a patient\u2019s personal medical record added to it. It will be far more intrusive than an ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>. And hundreds of thousands of NHS employees will have access to it. Wave bye bye to patient…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…According to the Toady Programme, Andrew Marr (reporter) reckons Labour will actively campaign for ID<\/font><\/strong> Cards<\/font><\/strong> if(!) the current Bill runs out of time to be put into law. As the Great Chimp said “Bring it on”. Anything to expose the…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…It is still being spun\/intimated that the Government are ‘shelving’ their ID<\/font><\/strong> Card<\/font><\/strong> Bill: From the Labour party website: The Pledge Card: Friday 11 February 2005 The Prime Minister today unveiled Labour’s six pledges that ensure a…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…Oh and remember that if ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> are actually forced upon us these stop and searches WILL be logged and referenced for the rest of your life and death. – that was breathtaking. You should try Sebald’s writing without my elisions!…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…The government spent public money on opinion polls about ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong>. This is unconstitutional. We know this. Anyway, Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Mark Oaten found out that the objective of the 3 polls were “to investigate…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…all relevant information regarding individuals name, father\/ husbands name, address, date of birth, new and old ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> number, family registration number, permanent and present addresses, mark of identification, signature, thumb…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…to use the new power by fining dozens of citizens for not being able to present a valid passport, drivers license or ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong>. Most citizens were given double fines, for example for riding on a bicycle without proper illlumination,…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…have to be to give the general public concerns about ‘function creep’ ? Not very, certainly not as badly as the ID<\/font><\/strong> card<\/font><\/strong> bill. Neither charging nor properly releasing these people is another CLUNK from the automatic. I think it might…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…being tied to the owner of the card, since it is ubitquitous, issued by the government and cumpulsory: your National ID<\/font><\/strong> Card<\/font><\/strong>. This is going to happen again and again, in convoluted scenarios that we cannot even begin to conjure up,…
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<\/font>BLOGDIAL : We are the best<\/a><\/strong>
\n…yesterday, but the ID<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> (etc.) Bill had itsthird (final) reading in the Commons yesterday. Spyblog has a commentary. The Lesser Spotted Home Secretary (cluncus clunc) managed to repeat the main lies about NIR, Id<\/font><\/strong> cards<\/font><\/strong> etc,…
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