[Reader-list] ID Cards - Labour's Bad IDea

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear All,

This is to bring in views of Conservative Party's on the issue of
National Identity Card ID card. If UIDAI is supposed to bring in
3,50,000 jobs then why doesn't the UPA spam India with schools,
hospital, primary health services, Latrines, roads, and sewers. Don't
we need more sewers and not more ID cards in India? I am sure an
investment in these sectors will drastically change the unemployment
figures?

Please read and think if a highly technology dependent country like
UK, can provide services to its citizens without  an ID card then why
can't we do it?

Warm regards

Taha

ID Cards - Labour's Bad IDea

Labour’s plan to introduce ID cards will cost billions of pounds but
will not make us safer and could expose the public to an even greater
risk of identity fraud.

ID cards are a very bad IDea – and you can call on the Government to
scrap them by signing our petition today.

ID cards will not make us safer:

    * They do not prevent terrorist attacks – ID cards are compulsory
in Spain, but that did not stop the Madrid bombings in 2004
    * They will not prevent illegal immigration, as foreign visitors
will not have to have an ID card unless they plan to stay for more
than three months
    * They won’t prevent human trafficking – only a dedicated Border
Police Force can enforce proper checks on people entering and leaving
the country

ID cards are a waste of money:

    * Everybody will have to pay £93 to get one – this is the official
estimated price for a combined ID card and passport package
    * Implementing the scheme will cost up to £20 billion of
taxpayers’ money, according to estimates from the London School of
Economics

A recipe for disaster:

We’ve had data loss after data loss from this incompetent Government.

    * The personal details of 25 million individuals, and the bank
details of 15 million people, were lost by HM Revenue and Customs
    * The DVLA lost the details of 3 million learner drivers
    * The names, addresses and expected release dates of every
prisoner in England and Wales were on an unencrypted memory stick that
went missing

The introduction of ID cards will see almost 30 separate pieces of
personal information about you - including your name, date of birth,
previous addresses, photograph, signature, fingerprints and other
biometric details – stored in one place.

The potential for another data loss disaster is huge – and that is why
it’s vital that everyone who is opposed to ID cards joins our campaign
today.

We will scrap the ID cards scheme, and use some of the savings to
build more prison places, provide more drug rehabilitation for those
in custody and create a dedicated Border Police Force.