About That ID Card Bill

Quietly pleased, but the show's not over yet...

Glad to see that some people in politics are willing to actually point out the lies and inconsistencies in the Government's line on ID Cards.

The Lords have not only requested a full and open release of the Home Office's figures, but wish to make the scheme truly voluntary. They also want to block any future use of the NID key in other databases, which would prevent the creation of the meta-database.

Clarke recently suggested that public support for the scheme was higher now than it's ever been. Happily that doesn't seem to be the case.

I suspect a letter to Mrs Jowell might be in order...