Peers inflict defeats on ID card bill

I think that this is marginally encouraging, though much now hinges on how the government responds, and they are looking bullish, having backed themselves into a corner on the issue.

John McDonnell, chairman of the leftwing Campaign group of MPs, said: "As it presently stands, the ID cards bill is now dead in the water. The Lords have followed the Commons in raising fundamental objections to this ill-thought-out scheme, and have holed it below the waterline."

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