ID Cards

Ah, the ID card debate - don't you just love it? Should we carry them? Should we pay for them? Will they help the 'War on Terror'?

Well, the House of Lords reckon its a bad idea, and most people do too. However Mr Blair seems to think that the public backs them in principle...which members of the public does he speak to?!
The LSE reckons it will cost us 19bn. I wonder how it will be paid for? Stealth tax? Security tax? Either way, its going to come out of our own pockets, and it will probably be dressed up as an 'essential tool in the fight against terrorism, illegal immigration etc blah blah blah'

Really, Blair? If the fight against terrorism is such a priority, why do you find it neccessary to cut so much money out of the defence budget, reducing the numbers of troops and much needed equipment, and thus putting our troops at risk of attacks at the hands of the terrorists in the countries *you* have sent them to? Surely that 19bn would be better spent on the people who are already on the ground fighting for us, and our freedoms that you're so intent on erroding back home?

I suspect he has some hidden big brother agenda, but is using his arguments as a smoke screen - like he always does. Also, I've worked in IT for quite a while, and one thing I can guarantee is that whatever they say its gonna cost, it will be double, whenever they say its going to be 'rolled out' it will be late (by years, not weeks or months!) and whoever is in charge of the project will get a bonus payment resembling more of a telephone number than a payment :-)

One thing's for sure...Im not paying for one