A Note To The Government

[drplokta]

If it turns out that at least one of the terrorists was a UK citizen, with known terrorist connections, who used fake identity documents to accomplish an important part of the plot, then you can start to bang on about how this demonstrates the need for ID cards. Not until then.

Comments

[the-maenad.livejournal.com]

Well, quite, but who are we against so many?

[profundo-rosso.livejournal.com]

There are many more of us than the Govt imagines.

[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

But are we enough?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Bloody right.

[armb.livejournal.com]

Charles Clarke more reasonable than I feared: 'Asked by BBC Radio 4's Today programme if ID cards could have prevented Thursday's atrocity, Mr Clarke said: "I doubt it would have made a difference."'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4663155.stm

(He still thinks they are a good thing overall, but we already knew that.)