There's undoubtedly an authoritarian tendency among British politicians and large parts of the civil service. That's why comparisons the pro-ID card faction make with places like Estonia are worthles… (View Post)

Correct, this is a 'next government' policy. I'd assume 8-10 years to get the system functional enough to make the cards compulsory for employment. 4 years from now it'll still be sufficiently early … (View Post)

I'm vociferously against them in principle, but 30 years working in IT means I'm also very aware of how having a giant central database of the personal details of everyone in the country is a colossa… (View Post)

To many people don't seem to understand that for ID cards to actually work for the stated purpose they'll have to be validated against a database every time they're used. That's one reason why drivin… (View Post)

The databases are somewhat fragmented, DVLA, HRMC, DWP, LAs, etc, all have information about you but don't routinely share it because their systems are not interoperable. The number one reason the UK… (View Post)