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UK Gov't To Require ID Cards For Some Foreign Residents

Posted by timothy on from the show-me-a-card-with-your-picture-on-it dept.

craigavonite, writing "It's looking like the UK is in for biometric ID cards within the next few years, despite widespread protest from groups such as 'NO2ID,'" excerpts from an article at the BBC describing a UK identify card to be issued starting later this year: "The biometric card will be issued from November, initially to non-EU students and marriage visa holders. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the cards would allow people to 'easily and securely prove their identity.' Critics say the roll-out to some immigrants is a 'softening up' exercise for the introduction of identity cards for everyone."

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  1. Re:Sigh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes, the voter is stupid. That's why whenever there is a bombing I chuckle. Stupid bastard cancers deserve to be blown up.

  2. In 100 yrs, there'll be no more English in England by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You'll all have committed demographic suicide. Don't worry, though. Your little brother the U.S. is deep into it's own process of a silent Mexican invasion. Eventually, poor and ignorant people from 3td world shitholes will have ruined what once were glorious and powerful nations.