Say No to ID Cards
Mar. 28th, 2006 02:43 pmScarily all that stands between the UK having ID cards seems to be mainly the House of Lords.
News from Feb 2005 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4252919.stm
And it seems from the NO2ID site that it's still ping-ponging about, but is potentially gathering support with the Lords with revisions on it.
If you're asking why this matters and what's so bad about them anyway, then let me tell you. I was rather indifferent on the matter about half a year ago until I went along to a day conference about it here in Norwich and actually found out what the plans were and what they would mean to me as a citizen, as well as to the nation in general.
( Read on if you care )
News from Feb 2005 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4252919.stm
And it seems from the NO2ID site that it's still ping-ponging about, but is potentially gathering support with the Lords with revisions on it.
If you're asking why this matters and what's so bad about them anyway, then let me tell you. I was rather indifferent on the matter about half a year ago until I went along to a day conference about it here in Norwich and actually found out what the plans were and what they would mean to me as a citizen, as well as to the nation in general.
( Read on if you care )