Alan Johnson scraps compulsory ID Cards

Hurrah! In a step forwards for common sense and a step backward for the Benighted ID Scheme they’ve just scrapped compulsory ID Cards, and abandoned the airside workers scheme (Telegraph - Ian spotted it first)

He said the cards will now only be issued to Britons on a voluntary basis meaning no one will ever be forced to have one, effectively paving the way for the scheme to be scrapped altogether.

A pilot scheme for airside workers, which marked the first attempt at making the £4.9 billion programme compulsory for British nationals has been abandoned.

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”.

Instead, the Home Office is now concentrating on the cards being useful for youngsters to prove their age when going in to pubs.

So let us rehearse the dance of the intellectual pygmies!

Published by William Heath on 30/06/09 at 3:29pm

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