if you want to leave the country you need an id card :|

Former Member · February 2006

~Apollo~ wrote:

i said this was happening already, thats why i went out in october and got me a new passport, i\'m good for another 10 years now

Does it even cost more to get a passport plus ID card than just a passport? Presumably the biggest costs are common to both so it won't cost very much more to run off an ID card at the same time.

How much was your new passport with id card? My last passport was £42 and that was in 2004.

Former Member · February 2006

katralla wrote:

Does anyone on thesite think that, after weighing up all pros nd con, ID cards are a good idea?

I'm not against them tbh. Plenty of countries already have similar schemes that work well.

And I voted Labour in last year's election but mainly because there were only two real candidates where I was living and the lib dem one drove us mad during the campaining so me and my flatmate voted Labour just so she didn't get in. Best of a bad bunch though tbh.

Former Member · February 2006

The card will hold someone's "date of death"- is this their predicted/knnown date of death or are we expected to rise from the dead to update our ID cards?

Former Member · February 2006

katralla wrote:

Does anyone on thesite think that, after weighing up all pros nd con, ID cards are a good idea?

Depends, what are the pros?

Former Member · February 2006

Aladdin wrote:

I wouldn't have so much of a problem with it if it just were an old-style ID card. A piece of plastic with your name, address and photograph you use to identify yourself when opening a bank account and so on- like they have existed in some countries in Europe for decades.

Maybe we should bring the back the ID cards of sort they had during World War 2. Then again, this government would probably cock that up as well.

Man Of Kent wrote:

Depends, what are the pros?

Enforcing the crackpot scheme will cost millions of pounds and create lots of jobs for Labour voters... ah, now I see why they're doing it! :rolleyes:

Former Member · February 2006

stargalaxy wrote:

Enforcing the crackpot scheme will cost millions of pounds and create lots of jobs for Labour voters... ah, now I see why they're doing it! :rolleyes:

Somehow I doubt Blair would be creating that many jobs... He's happy enough axing the civil service.

The pro's are thought to be things like increased security, protection from terrorism, evil darkies ect.

Former Member · February 2006

-[MoonRat]- wrote:

Somehow I doubt Blair would be creating that many jobs... He's happy enough axing the civil service.

But nobody's been sacked since Gordon announced that. If they have, they've been very quiet about it.

Former Member · February 2006

Man Of Kent wrote:

Depends, what are the pros?

giving the contractors a big fat cheque

having one sole target for fraudsters

big waste of money time and resources, if they wanted to do something productive they'd make an ID card, which has name, DOB, if you have a driver license and can be used as a passport

i dont think people would complain then

Former Member · February 2006

your-babe wrote:

And where are people supposed to get this amount of money from?

£30 is difficult enough. When the figure of £300 emerged from a very respected school, ministers were quick to trash it. But ministers could afford £300 easily, couldn't they? It's small change considering how much they get paid.

Former Member · February 2006

i dont mind tbh.
I just get what im given

Former Member · February 2006

katralla wrote:

The card will hold someone's "date of death"- is this their predicted/knnown date of death or are we expected to rise from the dead to update our ID cards?

Who told you that? :chin:

Former Member · February 2006

your-babe wrote:

£300 is probably pocket money for them. But I agree though, £30 is difficult enough, especially on a student budget, when I don't even get fucking EMA, n earn about £60 a week.

£300 is indeed a lot of money. Why should we have to pay again for something this Government would have already funded from taxpayers? We'd already have paid once!

Former Member · February 2006

it doesnt matter what they charge you on the forms to get it simply because being the government they can fill the gap with tax money

i liek the fact to get one you have to use your current but apparantly crap forms of ID to show who you are....

and its only so long before they're faked

Indrid Cold · February 2006

Kind of off-topic, but

Kermit wrote:

I don't especially mind the DNA database, if it catches rapists then I will celebrate as they are swung from a crane.

Suppose someone proposed the idea of implanting a microchip in every living human, and have satellites track them every second of every day. That would surely "catch rapists", in fact it would probably prevent most rapes. Would you be up for it?

Teh_Gerbil · February 2006

J wrote:

Are we moving quicker than intended or something? Why the sudden rush and human traffic type legislation? I wanted to be a nomad warrior monk from saturn, now I'm a nobody, barcoded up, chicken shipped meat popsicle from catmyerrrN2/7...
There's nothing like a sense of freedom and openness in the world. Isn't it the devil who likes to go about dividing?

Wow, you're alright! Ace. Welcome back, how are you?

True words as well, I was tempted to become a drifter, but you can't go anywhere now. You gotta live the enforced lifestyle.

Former Member · February 2006

wheresmyplacebo wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4707608.stm

how bloody stupid are the MPs

Its times like this I'm glad I'm dual nationality. VERY GLAD.

if you want to leave the country you need an id card :|

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