ID Cards: double bubble

You have to admit it’s genius:

The first identity cards from the government’s controversial national scheme are due to be revealed.

The biometric card will be issued from November, initially to non-EU students and marriage visa holders.

On the one hand, you have captive test specimens. As Phil Booth from NO2ID says:

They’ve basically picked on a group of people who have no possibility of objecting to the card - they either comply or they are out.

On the other hand, you have the tabloid reading, foreigner-hating classes. They’ll be unaffected by any cock-ups (and trust me there are going to be cock-ups) with the system and they’re not going to complain about a bunch of Johnny Foreigners having their lives dicked about with.


Posted on September 25th, 2008 at 8:10 am

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