http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/21/id_card_muddle/
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| Quote: A voluntary launch of ID cards in Merseyside descended into Whitehall farce after junior Home Office minister Meg Hillier forgot to bring her own card along to the launch. New Labour is attempting to promote the voluntary take-up of ID cards after plans to make biometric cards compulsory floundered on high costs, lack of public appetite and concerns about the creation of a database state. The voluntary scheme was first rolled out in Manchester. | |
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The whole project should be scrapped, it's been nothing but an expensive joke, and in bad taste too...