Comments on: Johnson’s Real Intention for ID Cards

By: Manchester ID Cards Pilot Fails | Cosmodaddy

Manchester ID Cards Pilot Fails | Cosmodaddy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:40:55 +0000

[...] needs this scheme to succeed? Of course the reason why they need it to succeed is quite sinister: they want to recast the entire nature of identity for the 21st century. ID cards are a vital component for how these people see people’s [...]

By: Ending ID Cards? Don’t You Believe It… | Cosmodaddy

Ending ID Cards? Don’t You Believe It… | Cosmodaddy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:09:59 +0000

[...] a colossal fraud. The Home Office has a whole identity strategy which is entirely dependent on ID cards; they won’t abandon the scheme. They are indeed [...]

By: Patronising Us Into ID Cards? | Cosmodaddy

Patronising Us Into ID Cards? | Cosmodaddy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:51:47 +0000

[...] it’s also not surprising. Home Secretary Alan Johnson’s committed the Home Office to a wholesale redefinition of identity for the 21st century (one defined by government, surprisingly enough), so despite his attempts to [...]

By: ID Cards to Get a Job?! | Cosmodaddy

ID Cards to Get a Job?! | Cosmodaddy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:32:03 +0000

[...] ways to compel people into having ID cards? Despite what Alan Johnson would have you believe, the government’s identity strategy is dependent on everyone having an ID card. And as the Register points out, the Independent [...]

By: ID Cards to Protect ‘Identity Rights’ « Cosmodaddy

ID Cards to Protect ‘Identity Rights’ « Cosmodaddy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:41:30 +0000

[...] would argue the point a little differently. Johnson clearly doesn’t intend ID cards to remain voluntary – his ‘Safeguarding (there’s that buzzword again, notice) Identity’ paper, [...]

By: cosmodaddy

cosmodaddy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:42:39 +0000

And that’s money he doesn’t have. To prioritise a scheme like this over the investment needed in say infrastructure (Crossrail to be severely delayed?) is mind boggling, and should show people what this government’s really all about.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:38:41 +0000

And saying the cost is “just” £30 ignores the billions of pounds in taxes that will be wasted on ID cards. That’s our money too.