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UK Government Passes ID Card Bill

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the putting-off-the-inevitable dept.

cowbutt writes "The two houses of the UK government, the elected House of Commons and the House of Lords have agreed a compromise on Labour's ID cards bill, after Conservative peers accepted a Labour amendment. Under the new amendment, anyone renewing a designated document (e.g. passport) will be able to opt-out of getting a card until 2010, but will still have their details put on the National ID Register immediately."

3 of 306 comments (clear)

  1. I am not a number, I'm a free man. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get stuffed number 6.

  2. Re:The T-shirt I want to wear through security ... by MadUndergrad · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The only way to travel free of possible terrorism is if everyone agrees to be schlepped around nude, drugged, and packed in Jello."

    Mmmm.... Me likey.

  3. Re:What will ID card store? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Like the armless driver in new zealand who recently got arrested for driving without a license

    I don't know why they arrested him, he was totally 'armless.