"ID Cards will be Great British Institution"
19 June 2007, 11:00 PM
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"ID Cards will be Great British Institution"
Interesting and mildly amusing article over at The Register about some comments made by some Labour Minister concerning ID cards.
The part that amused me was this:
Followed by The Register's comment
Not really thought about it that much, I knew some liberties had gone by the wayside.. but when they're lumped together like that it kind of shows that we have lost quite a lot really... and more to come no doubt, especially if the ID cards do materialise!
The part that amused me was this:
Byrne said we should be reassured because: "My party has always been suspicious of growth in unregulated and unaccountable power and the risk of new inequalities."
A statement which is absolutely true provided you ignore the Labour government's concerted attack on our civil liberties including the right to silence, the right of peaceful protest, the right to trial by jury, rights of peaceful assembly and the assumption of innocence.
19 June 2007, 11:20 PM
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Don't forget being spied on by CCTV everywhere or having your DNA on a central database even if you're not convicted of anything. Black boxes in cars soon and a massive NHS database on the way.
Add to this the barrage of nanny legislation we've already endured regarding health and safety issues.
Add to this the barrage of nanny legislation we've already endured regarding health and safety issues.
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The last paragraph sums up government attitudes to policy implementations:
"The way this kind of thing works, "dynamically", is that the Government explains what it is going to do, 'consults' groups of stakeholders in the shape of industry- and sector-specific interest groups, lobbies and trade associations about how they're going to co-operate in the implementation. Then the Government calls the outcome widespread support. The groups are effectively co-opted in order to expedite the rollout of whatever it is the Government intends to do anyway, and thus it will be with the implementation of the ID scheme. So how many stakeholders does it take to make a democracy"?
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"The way this kind of thing works, "dynamically", is that the Government explains what it is going to do, 'consults' groups of stakeholders in the shape of industry- and sector-specific interest groups, lobbies and trade associations about how they're going to co-operate in the implementation. Then the Government calls the outcome widespread support. The groups are effectively co-opted in order to expedite the rollout of whatever it is the Government intends to do anyway, and thus it will be with the implementation of the ID scheme. So how many stakeholders does it take to make a democracy"?
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