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Tuesday, September 23, 2003
ID Cards - The Case Against
Trevor Mendham (The Chestnut Tree Cafe)
(0)   Identity cards

In an attempt to marshal my thoughts and arguments on the subject I've added some pages to my web site:

UK Compulsory National Identity Cards - The Case Against

Hopefully this'll be of some use to those opposing Big Blunkett. There's a load more that could be added (for example I haven't even mentioned the problems with biometrics) but at least it's a start.


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