The appalling Harriet Harperson has just demonstrated the dangers of letting a government like this one have an ID database.
Whilst 'Fred the shred' is rightly Public Enemy Number One, a pension paid for life is exactly that. Rather than pursuing the fools who awarded him the pension, or even the (Labour) drone who allowed him to retire early and draw this obscene sum, she announces that the government will simply not allow it, or will change the law retrospectively to undo the agreement. This flies in the face of natural justice (as well as her beloved human rights).
Once the ID database is in place then it too will be subject to political interference, and what was supposed to be an anti-terrorism measure will be used to enforce Harriet's mad political agenda. (Remember, the Child Support Agency has been given the right to cancel driving licences !)
So if you've overfilled your dustbin you may find your airport ID withdrawn.
- Unless, of course, Labour lose the next election ....