Comments on: If they backtrack on ID cards, I will leave http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html News, Law and Opinion from Alan W Collins Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Cllr John Ward http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html/comment-page-1#comment-2218 Cllr John Ward Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:29:38 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html#comment-2218 Meanwhile, back on the ID Cards issue... David Davis (whom I have met) has recently made his position very clear, on behalf of the Conservative Party, and that was -- as I for one expected -- one of complete opposition to ID Cards. From a personal point of view, I would find the card itself helpful to me, as I have no passport or driving licence; but the "dodgy database" that goes with the Government's scheme makes it a (perhaps unfortunate, in a way) no-no for me as well. What a shame to mess-up a not-too-bad concept and thus make it unacceptable... Meanwhile, back on the ID Cards issue…

David Davis (whom I have met) has recently made his position very clear, on behalf of the Conservative Party, and that was — as I for one expected — one of complete opposition to ID Cards.

From a personal point of view, I would find the card itself helpful to me, as I have no passport or driving licence; but the “dodgy database” that goes with the Government’s scheme makes it a (perhaps unfortunate, in a way) no-no for me as well.

What a shame to mess-up a not-too-bad concept and thus make it unacceptable…

]]> By: Cllr John Ward http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html/comment-page-1#comment-2217 Cllr John Ward Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:24:38 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html#comment-2217 Ahh, teenagers... Ahh, teenagers…

]]> By: Rob http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html/comment-page-1#comment-2201 Rob Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:59:53 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html#comment-2201 Hahaha! Go Away! You just DON'T understand! :) Hahaha!

Go Away! You just DON’T understand! :)

]]> By: Cllr John Ward http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html/comment-page-1#comment-2195 Cllr John Ward Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:53:38 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html#comment-2195 Rob, my son: you are of an age now that I am going to have to take you aside, father-to-son, and teach you all about... ...spelling :-) Rob, my son: you are of an age now that I am going to have to take you aside, father-to-son, and teach you all about…

…spelling :-)

]]> By: Cllr John Ward http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html/comment-page-1#comment-2194 Cllr John Ward Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:51:53 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html#comment-2194 I suspected it might be Rob. Hey, I'm a father, and I never even knew it! I suspected it might be Rob.

Hey, I’m a father, and I never even knew it!

]]> By: Rob http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html/comment-page-1#comment-2192 Rob Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:19:46 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html#comment-2192 Haha. Dear Oh Dear. Excellent Photoshopping. I feel all embaressed...... :) Haha. Dear Oh Dear.

Excellent Photoshopping.

I feel all embaressed…… :)

]]> By: Alan Collins http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html/comment-page-1#comment-2188 Alan Collins Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:09:54 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html#comment-2188 John, allow me to introduce your "son" ... Rob! I was actually going to write a post to explain all - but I need to finish making all the changes first. John, allow me to introduce your “son” … Rob!

I was actually going to write a post to explain all – but I need to finish making all the changes first.

]]> By: Cllr John Ward http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html/comment-page-1#comment-2182 Cllr John Ward Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:34:52 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/2008/01/24/if-they-backtrack-on-id-cards-i-will-leave.html#comment-2182 Well, I don't think that either scenario will arise (though I don't have the fine details of the Medway Park proposals), but I wonder what my position would be with respect to this site if you left the Party... By the way, I note that, in the new version of the banner, I am now apparently leaning on someone else (unless Reh has had Michael Jackson-extent cosmetic surgery since I last saw him!) whom I do not recognise. It looks a bit like father-and-son, but I have to deny that strenuously :-) Well, I don’t think that either scenario will arise (though I don’t have the fine details of the Medway Park proposals), but I wonder what my position would be with respect to this site if you left the Party…

By the way, I note that, in the new version of the banner, I am now apparently leaning on someone else (unless Reh has had Michael Jackson-extent cosmetic surgery since I last saw him!) whom I do not recognise. It looks a bit like father-and-son, but I have to deny that strenuously :-)

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