Comments on: THE DEBATE: UK Passports - Interview or Interrogation?

By: steve k

steve k — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:02:44 +0000

The part of the article that caught my attention was ” People will be offered the choice of whether they want a passport or an identity card ” . While i agree that safety may be an issue this smackes too me of one way of bringing in identity cards through the back door ! .

By: Lady Lita

Lady Lita — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:13:14 +0000

Well we already know this isn’t going to help. All that will happen is we will be forced to pay more, have more hassle getting one and give out our biometrics to store on a government database. Once they are on that database there will be no way to get them off it. So sitting back and saying wait and see is too little too late. The damage will already be done.

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:30:39 +0000

I think the conclusion is a little of both. The government has to appear to be doing something about the terrorist threat and I suppose these methods have to be tried before they will know if it works.

If these centers are still in operation in 5 years without results then our safety is clearly not the agenda.