Britain's frantic rush towards a fully fledged surveillance society

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Captain Nemo raised a very important point:

But information on us is already held on many government databases what difference is one more going to make?

If the government already knows so much and can identify you so easily, why take this one more step? Is there ever too much? Or not enough?

If the justification is to help fight crime ("unless you wish to hide something or do something criminal") with "police resources stretched as they are" how would this new super-card help with that if "they will have other things to contend with."? Even further "at the end of the day what is the likelyhood of being stopped for your ID card"? Seems like it would be completely useless or redundant.

It's common to think that the politicians must be taking a share from the card production. But if you really think about it, it's the wallet makers that want this thing pushed: you'll need one extra slot to store your card. If you have it, good for you, if not, time to buy a new wallet.