Anybody following the ID Cards debate (or what passes for one) will know that the London School of Economics has been something of a critic over the course of it. They’ve turned up the volume some more, ahead of the Lords reading of the bill today.
This issue far from over: If the amendment’s are passed, either to get better costings and benefits(!), or to allow for more ‘reflection’ (better yet, permanent shelving), the country will be better for it. The idea of the historically IT-inept Home Office running a scheme of little benefit, and huge cost, is an accident waiting to happen.
The Register’s write-up is an excellent, succinct and timely, and well worth a read. Much more at no2id.net.
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January 17th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
[...] Closest to the liberal agenda comes Shami Chakrabarti, who has been a constant presence on at least the in-depth TV news (Newsnight and Channel 4 news, if you want to know) ensuring that we do not loose sight of the important principles of freedom and liberty in our democracy that have been hard won for everybody. Blair and the Tories would have us put many of these aside, with increasingly draconian legislation and an almost stupefying ID Cards legislation. A welcome voice who is clearly campaigning for what she believes in, and does so eloquently. Making such points on national broadcast media is difficult without the risk of becoming stereo-typed, and she manages to put her case forward well in the face of such implicit hostility. [...]