Via a NO2ID newsletter comes a link to a summary of manifesto pledges related to ID cards. The Conservatives make by far the strongest statement:
The Conservative Party argues that “Labour’s approach to our personal privacy is the worst of all worlds – intrusive, ineffective and enormously expensive” and states that they will “scrap ID cards, the National Identity Register and the Contactpoint database”
The Conservatives are the only ones to mention ContactPoint, which is the database of all children (except those of celebrities and politicians). And specifically mentioning the NIR hints that they understand the real problem. So there is some hope on this issue, at least.
I read the summary of pledges and it represents a good, healthy start in the opposition to this ID card frenzy. Renee