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Airport staff 'first in line for ID cards'



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ABOUT 100,000 airport workers with airside access have been earmarked to receive the first identity cards, it was claimed last night.
The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, will announce proposals for the long-delayed roll-out tomorrow.

The Tories claim this will involve their trialling by airport workers employed by BAA, which owns Heathrow, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The controversial scheme – estimated to cost £5.4 billion – was discussed by the Cabinet yesterday and Downing Street is understood to favour a gradual introduction.





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  • Last Updated: 04 March 2008 10:20 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Identity cards
 
1

Joe,

Double Bridges 05/03/2008 08:19:19
I thought airport workers already had ID cards?
2

danielrober,

05/03/2008 09:13:15
I wonder if i can get a bookie to take a wager that 'Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith', will within 5 years be a consultant to an ID card company? What are the odds?
3

Jeeemy,

St Andrews 05/03/2008 09:13:59
"I thought airport workers already had ID cards?"
I agree, but is it not possible What Jackie wants is their identity number to be tattooed on their arm.
I already have two cards carrying my photograph issued by the Government and a third with a number on it that would produce my records from my birth right through to the last transaction I made in a retail outlet yesterday. This information is available on all but is supposedly restricted to those and such as those.
This I.D. card issue comes about so that the information already held, (which can not be used in court) can be legally used against all and any who do not comply in the future.
4

The Tin Man,

Over the Rainbow 05/03/2008 10:31:37
I have one of the 'biometric' passports. Now you are not allowed to smile on your passport picture - says it all, really. The chip is broken already.
5

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 05/03/2008 11:42:59
Refuse to bow down to the nazis. Refuse to submit. Undermine this rediculous, intrusive scheme by refusing to co-operate.
6

Miss Jean Brodie,

05/03/2008 12:37:19
The government - id-ing their employees, what with, Houses of Parliament being the baa HQ according to their banner last week !

 

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