"ID cards will not be compulsory"

Fossil · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:19

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...will-not-be-compulsory-says-Alan-Johnson.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8127081.stm

So anybody on here (British citizens) going to apply for one voluntarily?

shauncr91 · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:19

platypus · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:20

Not on your life.

The Dread Pirate · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:20

So they won't force us to give them £50 Thats all good

Conscript · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:21

Best news I've heard in a while.

Glaucus · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:21

they already are compulsory if you have certain jobs and if it does happen. Then you can bet it won't be long till they are compulsory.

antijoke · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:21

If it replaced a passport/driving licence, then yes I would.

Abraham · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:24

AcidHell2 said:
they already are compulsory if you have certain jobs and if it does happen. Then you can bet it won't be long till they are compulsory.

? It was going to be compulsory for people who work on or around aircraft but that has been scrapped, who is it compulsory for?

Glaucus · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:26

Abraham said:
? It was going to be compulsory for people who work on or around aircraft but that has been scrapped, who is it compulsory for?

Didn't know that had been scrapped.

I expect it will be "compulsory" when you apply for a new passport.

atpbx · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:28

My god, yet again all we've been saying for all these years has been proved right, it was all a con and a great big pile of tosh.

Can we have a role call for all those who couldnt believe their government would lie to them?

Mr Johnson even admitted the suggestion the cards would help combat terrorism was exaggerated as he accepted the Government should never have allowed "The perception to go around that they were a panacea for terrorism"

You know who you are, 2 days in the "gullible" corner for you, followed by a week in the "Naive" cupboard.

Mr Jack · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:29

They're not going to be compulsory because Labour are going to lose the next election and then we're done with the damned things.

Fossil · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:31

AcidHell2 said:
Didn't know that had been scrapped.

I expect it will be "compulsory" when you apply for a new passport.

According to the articles, its compulsory for foreign nationals. UK nationals on a voluntary basis.

Adsta · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:32

I think il have to pass tbh

scorza · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:33

May as well scrap it then. Absolutely pointless having a non-compulsory ID card scheme.

atpbx · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:36

I think it is going to die a death, they wont public admit it was, like many of their laws and policies, a bunch of reactionist crap that had they sat down and thought about it for 5 minutes they would have dismissed it as a stupid idea instantly. Instead what will happen is, it will just be wound down and never mentioned again to try and save one of Gordons many faces.

Steve2000 · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:38

They may not be compulsory as such, but they will slowly begin to make it very inconvenient for you not to have one.

KNiVES · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:41

No because the ***** trying to push it through will lose the next election before it comes to fruition. It's like they actively try to lose votes all. the. time.

vincent1989 · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:51

lets face it, they wont be compulsory but over time it'll become gradually more difficult to do anything without one. i don't even have 2 legal forms of ID apparently so that makes things very difficult.

scorza · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:53

atpbx said:
I think it is going to die a death, they wont public admit it was, like many of their laws and policies, a bunch of reactionist crap that had they sat down and thought about it for 5 minutes they would have dismissed it as a stupid idea instantly. Instead what will happen is, it will just be wound down and never mentioned again to try and save one of Gordons many faces.

Actually a compulsory ID car scheme is quite a good idea, there are loads of benefits and lots of countries have them while still remaining liberal democracies. The government's problem is that a) we've missed the boat, it would have been cheap to set up an ID card scheme in the '60s, it's too much now, and b) they massively overstated the case for combating terrorism with ID cards, and the public didn't buy it.

Von Smallhausen · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:55

Perhas the government should have ensured tighter borders before considering an ID card scheme which is an attempt at closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.