Well, well, well. Maybe things will get better after all:
Jack Straw, widely expected to replace John Reid as the home secretary, today clearly signalled that the future of the national identity card scheme would be in the melting pot when Gordon Brown becomes prime minister next month.The future’s bright; the future’s Brown, maybe?Mr Straw - who is Mr Brown’s leadership campaign manager and has a long record of cabinet opposition to a compulsory ID card system - indicated that the future of the £5.75bn project would be under review in the new government
I wouldn’t go as far as to say that I’d find a Brown future bright but losing this stupid idea would be a good start. Why don’t they just sub-contract it to Visa card - they know everything about us already.
Personally, I’d trust Gordon Brown as far as I could throw him.
Aye, well: we’ll see in due course, no doubt.
We can but hope that this misconceived plan falls by the wayside.