Having listened to the news yesterday there's an aspect of 'Identity Cards' that I just don't get! They are trialling them in Manchester and you'll be able to get one by visiting one of the providers and not only handing over £30 but by producing your passport to prove who you are!!
Now if we need Identity cards because Passports are not good enough as I.D, how come you can produce your passport to prove who you are in order to get one. And if Passports are good enough to prove who you are (the logical outworking of producing one to get an I.D card), why do we need I.D cards?
Confused of Oxford
I'm guessing that IF you have a passport you don't need so many other proofs of ID - like CRB. Why do we need Identity cards? - we don't.
The madness continues:
You can buy a copy of the birth certificate of anybody in the country from the passport and identity office. It is clearly marked as not being a proof of identity. But, you can use it as a proof of identity to get yourself a passport from the same office... which you can then use to get yourself an ID card.
There's nothing like a robust security system... And this is nothing like a... etc, etc.