Why do we need a new ID card system in the UK...?

Question

Why do we need a new ID card system in the UK? How often have you been asked to prove your ID in the last year? Is the new ID card system a good idea or badly thought out?

Answer 1

I would never trust this government with sensitive details, with all of the security lapses.

Answer 2

WE DON'T!!!!,Its just a guise for the Government to introduce a communist state,using the word TERRORISM for fear to the weak minded that don't realise it is the equivelent of A PRISON NUMBER FOR HMPS UK

Answer 3

it wont ever happen......our labour government will be out in there ear shortly,,,,,,,,and it will end there    thank god

Answer 4

You haven't got an ID card system in the UK to start with so how you can need a new one beats me.

Edit: If the question is: "Why do we need a new ID card system in the UK...?" it implies to me there is a old system in place and they wantto introduce a new one.  Which there wasn't in January 2008.  ID in the UK to my knowledge is a valid driving licence for that what requires a photo, utility bills or council tax bill as proof of address, passport for the ones that have them.

I am indeed no longer in the UK.  I was for 22 years but repatriated in January 2008 so my daughter could get a decent education that didn't involve remortgaging the house.

We have ID cards here in Belgium, have had for as long as I can remember and children up to the age of 12 are exempt from having an electronic one. I never used mine in the UK though (other than when went abroad), like I said, driving licence (first old style later a photo licence), utility bills, council tax bill or even my NHS card was more than sufficient to serve me as a legal form of ID.

Answer 5

Badly thought out, aside from the obvious issue of the government and other parties having so much personal info about us (Which they'll obviously leave on a train or something again!), why do we need them? We have drivers licenses etc.

I don't know about you but I always forget to take ID out with me when I'm out for the evening, how the h**l am I meant to remember to take it everywhere!

P.S. "part time cynic" - we don't have a ID system, that's why we're debating introducing it as a new system!

Answer 6

I've not been asked for a long time and given the governments record of losing personal and top secret info, i certainly don't want them incharge of my personal details!!!

Answer 7

It will be almost impossible to supervise....at a great cost.

Answer 8

We don't. It's a foolish idea and will not combat terrorism one tiny bit.

Organised crime can't wait for ID cards to come in - imagine the black market in fake ID cards. It will achieve nothing, other than to encourage those under-age to line criminals' pockets by buying fake ID.