LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Deception.(Features)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 27, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Daniel Wood

THE Government has announced is plans to re-introduce its Identity Card Bill. The reason given this time is that it will stop identity theft. Perhaps Blair and his pals think this will be a more successful stratagy than the other reasons given previously: it will stop terrorism (like Madrid?); it will prevent illegal immigration (although visitors do not need to register for three months) and it will prevent crime (and spending the money on 10,000 mor...

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