This makes me want to laugh or weep in equal measures….
Big Blunkett is telling us that the private sector loyalty cards (that I despise and will not use) should be subject to more checks. This from the man who wants to tag us all and indulge in state wide surveillance.
He tells us that:
"It is a really good opportunity now to start debating what is know about us, by whom, who supervises and oversees it and how we can get a grip on it," I have a simple answer to that – my private life is none of his damn business and I intend to keep it that way.
He summed up with this little gem:
The scheme would be worthwhile if it reinforced identity and citizenship, he said. If not, he would "be remembered as one of the biggest political failures that Britain has ever produced".
One can but hope.
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