Manchester faces ID Cards
01/02/09 16:04 Filed in: Personal
Just weeks after having their plans of toll charging kicked out, Gollum faced Wacky Jacqui Smith has stated plans to put trial ID cards in Manchester.
For some extraordinary reason she appears to be under the impression that, “people can’t wait for the ID cards”. Now normally I’ve kept my blog as a place free of all offensive language. But after reading this the only word that sprang to mind was bollocks. In fact, it was absolute bollocks because out of all the people I know, personally and through work. I don’t think I know a single one of them who;
a) Thinks the National ID is anything more than a new tax collection scheme for a Government obsessed with waging war and blaming other people for the current financial crisis and;
b) Believes it offers anything at all in terms of extra security or convenience.
Her major selling point is that it would allow people to open bank accounts and travel abroad (presumably just in Europe). Which is odd really, because we already have a bit of documentation for that... it’s called a passport. And you can open a bank account armed with a birth certificate. I presume most people opening a bank account will have been born.
But what about security? Well, if we take the case of the London bombers (if you entirely believe that story) then every single one of the bombers would have been entitled to an ID card. EVER SINGLE ONE. So quite how our “security” is going to be improved, that’s a good one.
Actually, sensing that the “security” element has had its day, or rather, nobody in the right mind is going to believe it; J.S. is going for the “convenience” strategy. Now Alex Jones (he of the insane rhetoric and ranting) suggests that ID cards will get into favour with the public because the “Government will make it trendy”. Really? I mean is he serious?
Pity we aren’t being offered a referendum on this one! Maybe we will... Or has Greater Manchester council already worked out how that will go...
For some extraordinary reason she appears to be under the impression that, “people can’t wait for the ID cards”. Now normally I’ve kept my blog as a place free of all offensive language. But after reading this the only word that sprang to mind was bollocks. In fact, it was absolute bollocks because out of all the people I know, personally and through work. I don’t think I know a single one of them who;
a) Thinks the National ID is anything more than a new tax collection scheme for a Government obsessed with waging war and blaming other people for the current financial crisis and;
b) Believes it offers anything at all in terms of extra security or convenience.
Her major selling point is that it would allow people to open bank accounts and travel abroad (presumably just in Europe). Which is odd really, because we already have a bit of documentation for that... it’s called a passport. And you can open a bank account armed with a birth certificate. I presume most people opening a bank account will have been born.
But what about security? Well, if we take the case of the London bombers (if you entirely believe that story) then every single one of the bombers would have been entitled to an ID card. EVER SINGLE ONE. So quite how our “security” is going to be improved, that’s a good one.
Actually, sensing that the “security” element has had its day, or rather, nobody in the right mind is going to believe it; J.S. is going for the “convenience” strategy. Now Alex Jones (he of the insane rhetoric and ranting) suggests that ID cards will get into favour with the public because the “Government will make it trendy”. Really? I mean is he serious?
Pity we aren’t being offered a referendum on this one! Maybe we will... Or has Greater Manchester council already worked out how that will go...