David Davis tells El Reg that Labour is 'mesmerised' by tech | The Register

David Davis tells El Reg that Labour is 'mesmerised' by tech | The Register view photo

9 votes

theregister.co.uk — Interview As polling day approaches for the Howden and Haltemprice by-election, voters and observers are left with an eerie sense of déjà vu as Labour once again refuses to debate its civil liberties record with David Davis...

  • Total votes over time

    Total votes over time
  • Votes per hour

    Votes per hour

Recently Voted

There have been 426 things submitted from this site.

Comments (3)

  1. "Yet again, the silence from New Labour is deafening. Or rather, New Labour has responded the only way it appears to know how: by personal attack and innuendo, while refusing to debate its achievements on civil liberties in any forum it cannot control completely."

    Personally, I find that commentary rather chilling.

    I'm kind of seeing this whole situation over here in Britain like the back story to the movie Enemy of the State.

    Only this time, there's no hero...

    • (0 Kudos received)
  2. "As for ID cards, sophistication was no deterrent to terrorists: since 1986, twenty of the twenty five countries who experienced terrorist outrages have a national identity card scheme and five of these use biometrics."

    I have to play The Devils Advocate here; if we look at littering and acts of terror as opposite ends of the criminal spectrum, just how much crime has ID cards actually prevented?

    While these figures seems damning, they relate to only a specific type of crime, one that is often accompanied by very organized and well connected people, for whom ID cards and biometrics are not even a hindrance...

    • (0 Kudos received)
  3. Oh but it will be completely voluntary.
    That is until you need a passport. Then you'll have to get an ID card (2009).

    So chip in (quite literally) and get with the programme ,or don't and be in the world's largest outdoor prison, a.k.a. Airstrip One, unable to legally leave.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrip_One

    • (0 Kudos received)

Login now to post your comment.

21907_24 WayneSmallman submitted this on July 5, 2008.