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BARCODE ON YER ARSE ANYONE?????
AYE,BIG BROTHER IS TRULY WATCHING YOU A question mark hung over the Government's budget for ID cards after their own expert recommended that no-one should have to pay for a card. A report commissioned by Gordon Brown from a former banking chief said the enrolment process and the cards themselves should be free of charge to win "hearts and minds". The proposal by former chief executive of HBOS banking group Sir James Crosby raised the prospect of massive changes to the bill footed by the taxpayer. However, Sir James' suggestion came just as Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced she would make a "genuine reduction" of £1 billion in the project's total cost, mainly by allowing private firms to fingerprint people for the new database. Sir James, who is now deputy chairman of the Financial Services Authority, also said the ID card scheme should be independent of government. "To engage consumers' hearts and minds on the scale required, enrolment and any tokens should be provided free of charge," said Sir James' report. The current Home Office plans will see a fee of £30 for a stand-alone card, and more than £100 for a combined ID card and passport. Phil Booth of anti-ID card group NO2ID said: "Sir James' recommendation would hugely bump up the cost to the taxpayer. If they don't charge you for the card, the cost will get dumped in your taxes. The black hole in the Home Office accounts will only get bigger." Ms Smith said most Britons will have a biometric identity card within nine years. The project will begin in November with compulsory ID cards for foreign nationals. Within three years all new foreign applicants arriving in the UK will have to have a card. British workers in sensitive jobs, such as airport staff, will have to enrol from 2009. A question mark hung over the Government's budget for ID cards after their own expert recommended that no-one should have to pay for a card. A report commissioned by Gordon Brown from a former banking chief said the enrolment process and the cards themselves should be free of charge to win "hearts and minds". The proposal by former chief executive of HBOS banking group Sir James Crosby raised the prospect of massive changes to the bill footed by the taxpayer. However, Sir James' suggestion came just as Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced she would make a "genuine reduction" of £1 billion in the project's total cost, mainly by allowing private firms to fingerprint people for the new database. Sir James, who is now deputy chairman of the Financial Services Authority, also said the ID card scheme should be independent of government. "To engage consumers' hearts and minds on the scale required, enrolment and any tokens should be provided free of charge," said Sir James' report. The current Home Office plans will see a fee of £30 for a stand-alone card, and more than £100 for a combined ID card and passport. Phil Booth of anti-ID card group NO2ID said: "Sir James' recommendation would hugely bump up the cost to the taxpayer. If they don't charge you for the card, the cost will get dumped in your taxes. The black hole in the Home Office accounts will only get bigger." Ms Smith said most Britons will have a biometric identity card within nine years. The project will begin in November with compulsory ID cards for foreign nationals. Within three years all new foreign applicants arriving in the UK will have to have a card. British workers in sensitive jobs, such as airport staff, will have to enrol from 2009. © 2008 The Press Association Limited Now given that anyone going for a job interview has to provide copious proof of ID, be it a job in Macdonalds or a hospital, it fair makes you wonder what those so called experts are collating all the data for, now I for one have nothing to hide and im fairly sure the wifes not engaging in any terrorist activities, but this topic is fair ripping my knitting at the moment, and here we all thought it was a democracy, well thats what the government told us it was anyhow below is a link for some enlightening reading,see what you think http://www.no2id.net/index.php _________________ "When life hands you lemons, ask for a bottle of tequila and salt"
WOAH :O ..this freak'd me out for a sec,, i was JUST reading '1984' ..thats jus weird how ur first sentence had 'Big Brother' in it lol..
well dude, i always thought here in germany everything is running out of f*cking controll, but your Sirs and Lords.... well, thats why i dont have a travelingpassport anymore....i dont give my fingerprint away, at least i stay in europe traveling by car...
Alternatively, you can be a good citizen & help save the taxman some pennies by checking this site out, http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/ bang in your details, print off the resultant barcode and get your local skin scribbler to etch it onto an appropriate part of your anatomy, the wife,me and the boychild all have our own barcodes now, assimilation into the unit is nearly complete,resistance is futile. _________________
seriously i think they will go a step further very soon! they already do it with cows, sheeps and several other animals.. complete control.... welcome in the new world, Everyone is a potential terrorist.. wanna say thank u Mr. B (sorry to U.S Citizens... european meaning and thinking)
Do you know how Hilarius this sounds to people from Greece? Man, you should all come down here. But it's compulsory to drive drank and set fires. Can you handle it? :) P.S. It's almost 8 years without an album. WHAT-THE-F^CK?! I wanna AC/DC i wanna AC/DC DAMMIT!!!!!! Ok this summer i'll settle for Judas Priest (again) but next summer....It's tour or death! I'm personally gonna drag Ang out of his house in Holland and make him play Tunes of War by Grave Digger....Then they will tour or perish.
Realax sapartor, they will tour. And if you dragged Angus out of his house it would probably look like you were abusing a kid, and that wouldnt be so hot.
Well the great sapator can do as he pleases of course. But i'll give it a rest for a year. If they tour or not, well it's up to some of us with more "inside" information to tell you. Altought our info and calculations on the acdcfan forum for a 2008 tour were wrong i must admit. But we were right bout the 3pl set DVD. P.S. Will it be bad to you if i dragged him out and he started touring :)