….even though I know they’ll get in because:
a- the majority of people don’t think the Lib Dems could hack it
b- I seriously don’t think the Tories are thinking what I’m thinking (not unless they are seriously self-deprecating)
El Reg appears to have written about one of my problems. Remember ‘innocent until proven guilty’? Well how’s that going to work when the police start searching a fingerprint database with 56 million entries? I’d be concerned even with DNA which has less of a chance of falsely matching.
I don’t have a problem with ID cards. I wouldn’t even be too miffed if it became mandatory to carry them. After all the Passport office has my photo and my address etc. I have a problem with all the other stuff they are trying to hide behind an ID card (fingerprint databases and other biometric nonsense).
That’s what I don’t like about the current government and David Blunkett encompassed most of it, sadly Charles Clarke appears to be taking on his mantle now that Blunkett’s gone. The terror bill stuff is rubbish too. I don’t think that 911 (or the possibility of similar attacks) is an excuse for half the stuff that’s happened in the past 4 years even if the government want us to beleive it’s required.
Anyhow – rant over.
