Clearly, I’m in the wrong job. I should be in the business of selling dodgy technology to the home office. After all, it seems they’ve got £32m to spend. That’s £32m of our money, mind…
The government has already spent £32m preparing for its ID card scheme even before it becomes law.That means spending rose from £25,000 to £63,000 a day in the last six months of 2005, the Home Office said.
This is for a bill that has not completed its passage through parliament… No wonder the conniving bastards don’t want their costs scruitinised.
On a related issue, almost without anyone noticing, those canny Scots have decided to give all their children identity numbers.
Every child at a state school in Scotland is to be given an identity number to allow them to be traced if they go missing.
The Scottish Executive is introducing the scheme for all primary and secondary pupils, understood to be the first in the UK, as part of child protection measures following the murder of a pupil.
Ah, well, as it’s “for the children” and, of course “safety” then that’s all okay, then. I wonder if the number will expire when they reach the age of majority? Or, will it have proved so useful that they might just as well keep it anyway? If people are that worried, why don’t they just microchip them and be done with it? 😐