ID card bill passes last reading.

[denny]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1595321,00.html

Only the Lords can stop it now.

In related news, even Microsoft are busy tearing holes in the scheme:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/18/ms_fishenden_idcard_assault/

Comments

[stuartl.livejournal.com]

A simple refusal to comply would be enough :)

They can't use a system they don't have the data (fingerprints etc) for...

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and it was a (mass) simple refusal to pay which actually took out the Poll Tax - eventually. I can't see this arousing the same level of antipathy though - particularly if they subsidise the cost, hiding it in taxes instead of letting people see it out in the open.

The penalties for non-compliance are quite severe, as I recall... I wonder how many people will really be willing to risk that much on a matter of principle, rather than shelling over their 30 (?) quid and getting it over and done with.

[stuartl.livejournal.com]

I guess it depends on the reasons people don't comply.

If the article from Microsoft is accurate (um) then concerns over security of information seem like good reasons.

Certainly if 90% of the people in the UK failed to comply it would just fall through.

5% and they'd end up with hefty fines.

What we need is for one of those horrible tabloids to do a sensationalist article on the security of the system...

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I can't see 90% (or even 50%) of the population getting excited enough about "security of information" to deliberately break the law, even through inaction. Getting people to refuse to pay a fairly large bill was a much easier reaction to produce :)