Avoiding social control
The Leader of the House, Jack Straw, has said part of the difficulty the Home Office faces is it deals with "people who do not wish to be subject to social control: the purpose of the Home Office".
The Home Office had better get used to it. As soon as compulsory enrolment on the National Identity Register begins, it will find there are many people unwilling to submit to the kind of surveillance and control provided for in the Identity Cards Act.
Those wishing to protect their privacy would be well-advised to renew their passports now so they are not forced onto the NIR for ten years.
GERAINT BEVAN
NO2ID Scotland
Grovepark Gardens
Glasgow