People 'can't wait for ID cards'

[HairyArsedBloke]

Jacqui Smith says public demand means people will be able to pre-register for an ID card within the next few months.

The cards will be available for all from 2012 but she said: "I regularly have people coming up to me and saying they don't want to wait that long."

BBC

[Cyberman]

Yet another proven liar in the Labour party.

[StuntManMike]

Yeah Right! Never, Never, Never want one of these....

[BrilloPad]

I want one that says Gordon Brown. Then I am going to run the country properly......

[Beefy198]

I've only ever met one person that was in favour of ID cards. He even thought they would have prevented the July bombings

[HairyArsedBloke]

Anyone who wants ID cards generally want them for everyone else, not themselves. It's like studies that find that motorists are in favor of public transport. Not that they would use it, but because it would clear the roads of other drivers making it easier for them to get about.

[StuntManMike]

Anyone who wants ID cards generally want them for everyone else, not themselves. It's like studies that find that motorists are in favor of public transport. Not that they would use it, but because it would clear the roads of other drivers making it easier for them to get about.

+1 MASSIVE!!

[TykeMerc]

I don't believe that there's a credible benefits case for ID cards, the only people who I suspect "can't wait for ID cards" are those who've accepted the propaganda.

They will be faked in short order and represent a nasty database good only for lifting someones ID when their pocket is picked and for a Big Brother state expansion.

[EternalOptimist]

A party apparatchik arrives in a town in Russia

Hey peasant, we are bringing you socialism
What is Socialism ?
Well we will find someone who has two cows, take one off him, and give it to a farmer who hasn't any cows
Da da I agree, this is good

Then we find someone who has two tractors, take one off him, and give it to a farmer who hasn't any tractors
Da da I agree, this is good

Then we find someone who has two chickens, take one off him, and give it to a farmer who hasn't any chickens
Njet, Njet - this is very bad

why is this particular one so bad ?

Because I have two chickens

[Peoplesoft bloke]

incognito and dim prawn on here were in favour of id cards iirc. I never heard a cogent argument indicating any real benefits. Often people mention other countries having them, but other countries haven't solved their crime and illegal immigration issues by having id cards so what are they really for?