ID cards defeated again in Lords
Prison Planet(Independent):
"Peers have thrown out the Government's plans for identity cards for a second time, triggering a constitutional crisis by putting themselves on a collision course with MPs.
The Lords rejected plans for everyone to be forced to register for an ID card when they renew their passport, accusing the Government of reneging on its manifesto promise to make the scheme voluntary.
Lord Phillips of Sudbury, the Liberal Democrat frontbencher, said: "What we have here is a Bill that is compulsory, will require 40 million plus citizens to be interviewed for the purposes of taking out an ID card ... that carries heavy penalties for citizen failure and, above all, which has attached to it a major database of our private information."
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"Peers have thrown out the Government's plans for identity cards for a second time, triggering a constitutional crisis by putting themselves on a collision course with MPs.
The Lords rejected plans for everyone to be forced to register for an ID card when they renew their passport, accusing the Government of reneging on its manifesto promise to make the scheme voluntary.
Lord Phillips of Sudbury, the Liberal Democrat frontbencher, said: "What we have here is a Bill that is compulsory, will require 40 million plus citizens to be interviewed for the purposes of taking out an ID card ... that carries heavy penalties for citizen failure and, above all, which has attached to it a major database of our private information."
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posted by J.UL1R4 at 12:02 AM
5 Comments:
Although this is great news, I'm afraid it's not going to be the end of the story just yet. But hope springs eternal.
You're right of course Gert, but it is still very important to demonstrate that this is isn't wanted at all, it's a not a shoe-in policy, it is deeply unwanted, highly controversial re-engineering of society and that will benefit no one.
It makes a statement that to press on down this path is not a good idea, there is no consent for this, and we can also now refer to this as being twice rejected by the Lords.
Blair RULES. End of story.
It saddens me to say it, but it's how I see it. Honestly.
Hey Richard, you remember in 1997... "Things can only get better" wow, things are great now aren't they ?
I remember it all too well, jultra.
It's wonder I don't actually have nightmares about it.
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