Well it would seem that NULabour (Old danger, remember that Tory campaign?) has lost the backing of most of the security services over this issue.
(From the article)
Mr Mattinson is not the first figure from Britain's intelligence community to reject Government claims for ID cards. Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5 has also questioned their value in fighting terrorism.
Despite recent speculation that he will drop the scheme, Mr Brown has insisted he will press ahead with ID cards.
Of course he will, after all he has friends set to capitalise on the venture and they might not be best pleased if it doesn't come about.No, it wasn't so much NULabour Old danger as NULabour New Danger.
See also here, here, here, here, here and here, for a start.
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