I have no political objection to a national ID card as all the information that will be on it is already held on one file or another by the government. The big strength of this is that a number of different computer systems have to be entered to access the data.
By having the data all held in one place it only takes ONE computer to be hacked into for ALL your personal information to fall into the wrong hands.
It is on purly practal grounds that I object to the ID card, in my view it is an expensive reduction in security by putting all the eggs in one basket.
I respect the views of those who see this as a civil liberty's issue and fully support the BALPA stand but for me the overriding case for stopping the ID card is the ability of the government to guarantee the security of the information on the data base.