National ID Card- View from England

May 3, 2010 at 7:23 pm | Posted in Arguments Against, Int'l NID Card, Process, Public Documents, Questions | Comments Off on National ID Card- View from England

Conservative Party’s view on the notion of a National ID card.

The role of an opposition party is to position itself against the party in power and offer critical viewpoints especially on those issues which require redistribution of a tax payer’s money in the name of public good.

By arguing to do away with the proposal to introduce national identity cards in the UK because of huge costs, the center right conservative party seems to be playing the role of a ‘good’ opposition party.

Why is it then, that the nincompoops managing the BJP, the combined Left and others sitting in opposition do not seem care at all at initiating a critical debate on the fuzzy logic of national identity in India?

(Photographs of an election hoarding sponsored by the Conservative Party. Location: Streatham High Street, London Borough of Lambeth. Date: 3rd of May just three days before the UK general election of 2010. Pictures by: Taha Mehmood )