While the arguments, IMO, about a central database and its security are relevant, I believe they are missing the real argument
That this undermines basic principles that should provide the foundation of our society, the right to privacy and freedom from state monitoring and interference should be held above all else, even if we have to accept (as we always have) crimes committed by those abusing those freedoms, less we become a prison island before we know what's happening
As Mark Thomas continually and tireless repeats; in a free democracy we should not be controlled and answerable to the state, the power lies with the people and the state is put in place and answerable to us
Whilst I wouldn't consider myself an out and out Tory, I'm already looking forward to the evening in front of the telly in May 2010 when I can watch scum like Jackboot Smith ousted by their constituents
Well done BALPA
Someone with nothing to hide but lot's to fear