One government figure said: "We have been told that DWP staff have been colluding with organised criminals to commit identity theft on an industrial scale. It is far wider than just tax credits and reaches right across Whitehall."
But add into that mix ID cards; they are going to be really heavy duty and if there are mistakes [even ones caused by corrupt officials] it is we the subjects of her Britannic majesty who will be legally resposible and liable to fines and imprisonment. What a boon for the criminals: a central database to mine with a little inside help and the blame will go, in the first instance, on the victim and by the time anyone might know differently it may be too late.
My advice: don't voluntarily get an ID card, no matter how useful you think it might be: it's colluding in state-sponsored errorism [no, you didn't misread that and it's no typo; I just made the word up].
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