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Showing posts with label id cards. Show all posts
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Monday, July 30, 2018

ID Cards Back On The Table



In the irony of all ironies, despite being told we would be leaving the EU's bureaucracy post Brexit, Nanny now wants us to adopt ID cards (allegedly to avoid another Windrush-style scandal).

The proposal comes from the think tank Policy Exchange. It argues that Brexit marks a natural point at which to reform the UK’s immigration system.

Nanny knows full well the ID cards are not highly regarded by the Brits. Hence she has a "cunning" solution.

David Goodhart, Policy Exchange’s head of demography, immigration and integration, said he believed ID cards were necessary – but acknowledged that people would be wary and said ID cards should be phased in voluntarily.

That's how the state works, make something "voluntary" at first then make it a criminal offence when you don't volunteer!

Oh and here is a link to the list of 10 reasons why ID are bollocks (that I first published in 2004)

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

When Is An ID Card Not An ID Card? When It's A Card Of Identification!



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Friday, September 26, 2014

Nanny's ID Checks


My thanks, and commiserations, to a loyal reader who has had a devil of a time trying to prove his identity.

What was he trying to do?

Fly to Syria?

No!

Obtain a passport?

No!

He was trying to buy a house!

Read on:
"Ken,

I wonder if you can advise on something or at least let your readers know of the stupidity of the current rules on this situation?

As a person who never travels out of the UK and who doesn't drive I have a Provisional Photocard Driving License primarily as a method of proving my age and ID when appropriately challenged.

You can imagine my surprise when I attempt to purchase a property then that they tell me this isn't acceptable ID for my solicitors to do Money Laundering Checks on me to prove I am who I say I am!

I then offered my birth certificate up to my marriage certificate to prove my current identity. They wouldn't accept that either!

I was then told to go away and get a passport or a FULL driving license in order to be able to purchase property in this country.

This has occurred with 2 separate solicitors. Luckily I have now found a local one who is happy to accept my Provisional License Photocard as ID and I should now be able to purchase a property!

It seems the government have tightened Money Laundering Regulations so far and made solicitors so scared that *they* will be held at fault and face potential jail for a fraudulent transaction that many solicitors are willing to refuse clients over something as silly as whether they have passed a driving test or not!

Let alone for someone who doesn't drive, doesn't have a provisional and only has "paper" documents with no photo who'd be even worse off....

For reference I phoned the Money Laundering reporting line (the only number I could find for the 'area' of conduct) and was told they couldn't advise me. I phoned DVLA who say that neither full or provisional licenses are actually valid to use as ID technically but there is no distinction in the controls over the two so if they accept one they should accept the other. I also phoned the SRA who advised me they know of no such issue with Provisional licenses, or of any guidance issued not to accept them for Money Laundering checks!

If you don't drive or travel abroad be prepared to be marginalised more and more in this country! 

Which is mad considering the government want people not to drive or travel so much in the first place!"
Comments are welcome, it seems daft to me!

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Friday, July 30, 2010

The Lies Nanny Tells


Disclose.tv - V for Vendetta Speech Video

My thanks to a loyal reader who pointed me in the direction of an article in The Register about Phil Booth, No2ID National Coordinator, who has managed to elicit a very "embarrassing" confession from Nanny's Identity & Passport Service.

Some six months after he first started pestering them about positive "customer/user" comments, used by the Service in publicity material extolling the virtues of using id cards, he has come up with a rather interesting fact.

Can you guess what that is children?

Yes, that's right, eight of the nine people quoted on the website at the time either worked for the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), the Home Office or another government department or agency.

In other words, Nanny used her own minions to pretend to be "real people" to promote her much ridiculed and despised id cards.

It is also noteworthy that it took so long for these lying bastards to finally admit that they were using their own staff.

I would say, at the very least, that using staff in this manner to dupe the public can be construed as "misleading" and surely warrants a complaint to ASA?

How many other Nanny schemes are sold to us in the fraudulent manner?

Never believe what the state tells you, it is clear that the state will always lie and try to deceive.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Prats of The Week - Sainsburys Again

Prats of The WeekSainsburys must really like receiving my prestigious "Prats of The Week" Award...cos blinky, blonky, blimey they been and gone and done it again!

Lewis Peagam, a 28 year old bank manager, was well gobsmacked when he went to buy a pg DVD (Firehouse Dog) from a Birmingham branch of Sainsburys.

The shop assistant refused to sell it to him unless he handed over proof of his age, which he didn't have.

A colleague was with Mr Peagam, and she offered her driving licence as proof of id, in order to buy it for him. However, the shop assistant refused to sell it to her as "you're only buying it for him".

Sainsburys, yet again, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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Monday, August 10, 2009

Knobheaded Twats of The Millennium - Tesco

Twats!My thanks to Curmudgeon for alerting us to this story of utter Twattery (ooh...David Cameron's "banned" word!) from the supermarket aisles of Tesco.

Roy Downie, who is disabled, was attempting to buy a bottle of wine at Tesco Portsmouth. He was with his 16 year old daughter (Holly), who helps him carry shopping, because he needs assistance to get it back to his car.

The staff at Tesco refused to serve Mr Downie, because (yes, that's right) they decreed that he may be buying the wine for his daughter.

Mr Downie had to go back to the store, later on his own and buy the wine, and carry it back in the bag between his teeth.

No member of staff from Tesco bothered to help him.

Boycott Tesco!

Tesco, well deserving of my rare but highly prestigious "Knobheaded Twats of The Millennium" Award.

Here's a couple of email addresses, where you can tell them what you think of them:

customer.service@tesco.co.uk

investor.relations@uk.tesco.com

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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Boycott Asda

Boycott AsdaAsda have joined the ranks of supermarkets who choose to add to Nanny's rules and regulations wrt booze.

Mark Brown was shopping with his 15 year old daughter in Asda's Brighton store, and tried to buy some wine. Asda refused to sell it to him, unless she had ID to prove her age.

The fact that the wine was for him was irrelevant to the staff at Asda.

Asda claim that they were "erring on the side of caution in line with national guidelines".

Nonsense, adults are allowed to buy booze!

Would the supermarkets prefer that people keep their kids at home in future, thus depriving them of millions in revenue resulting from the purchase of "I want" items such as sweets?

Boycott Asda to hurt them where it matters, in their pockets.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Power Corrupts - ID Cards and HMRC

Power Corrupts
I suggest that you read this on my HMRC site, since when were ID cards meant to be used in this way?

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

The Death of ID Cards

The Death of ID Cards
Not with a bang, but with a whimper, we see the long painful demise of Nanny's much ridiculed ID cards scheme.

Nanny has now decreed that ID cards will not longer be compulsory. Thus giving would-be urban (locally born) terrorists and criminals an incentive to have one (as only "really honest" people - in Nanny's view - would ever carry one).

Terrorists and criminals aside, the rest of us will of course not bother shelling out the money for these absurd documents, thus rendering the entire concept utter bollocks!

Quite why Nanny does not put this failed, money wasting, scheme out of its misery I don't know.

In case you need reminding, here is why ID cards are bollocks see link:

Why ID Cards Are Bollocks

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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Horrornation Street

Ena SharplesMy sympathies to the good people of Manchester, who are to be used by Nanny as guinea pigs in her id card scheme.

Manchester has been selected as the first place in the UK where Nanny's id cards are to be rolled out on "voluntary" basis. Those who are so inclined can buy one of these things for £30.

Here is a link to why id cards are bollocks, also do remember that if the so called terrorist threat comes from British born citizens, then they will have an id card.

This is just another way for the government to raise taxes, a nice little earner!

Who in their right mind would voluntarily give Nanny more money to waste?

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

A Big Fat Rasberry To Nanny's Child Catcher Database

Computer Says No
How splendidly entertaining and refreshing to see that Nanny has been so very publicly humiliated by her own Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

The DCSF has had to publicly admit that security flaws in its internet database (ContactPoint), designed to hold the details of 11 million children and teenagers, have forced it to stop work on the project.

Seemingly the "bugs" present serious security concerns over the ability of the system to protect the identity etc of 55,000 vulnerable children on the database.

ContactPoint, given the security flaws it seems to be rather an apt title for such an "open book" listing of children, cost us £224M. It contains the names, addresses, dates of birth and details of schools, GPs, social workers and support services of all 11 million people aged under 18 in England.

Here's the real laugh...it is intended to improve child protection!

How can a database, containing all of the above, improve child protection?

Don't the dimwitted members of Nanny's government and civil service realise that the more data you store in one place, the more vulnerable it is to hacking and theft?

Another farking IT shambles, brought to us by our elected representatives!

This of course is the same government that wants all of our details on id cards and a massive database.

Anyone out there seriously think that this will work?

The bottom line is that governments and politicians are not capable of being trusted with IT projects, they have neither the understanding nor the time horizon (usually 5 years or more) to see the project through.

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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Tesco and ID Cards

Big Brother
It seems that Tesco are again trying to help Nanny impose ID cards by the back door, as Karen Dumelow (46) found to her cost the other day.

Mrs Dumelow was shopping at her local Tesco in Portsmouth, with her 14 year old daughter Emily, and presented for purchase two bottles of wine at the check out.

Can you guess what happened next?

Yes, that's right, the cashier said that she could not serve her in case the wine was given to Emily.

Mrs Dumelow then spoke to three senior members of staff, all of whom sided with with the cashier, they wanted to see identification for Emily.

How would that have helped, given that Emily was under age and that the alleged reason for not selling the wine was that Mrs Dumelow would give it to Emily?

Additionally of course, as Emily was 14, she didn't have any ID!

To add insult to injury, having sent Emily back to the car, Mrs Dumelow was then able to buy the wine from the same cashier.

Ermmm...but according to Tesco logic doesn't that mean she could still give Emily the wine in the car?

Clearly Tesco have an agenda which defies logic!

Mrs Dumelow then wrote to Tesco head office telling them what she thought of them, only then did they admit they were idiots.

Quote:

"We work hard to prevent under-age sales, including proxy sales where adults purchase alcohol for under-18s. However in this instance we got it wrong and sincerely apologise."

A smal point Tesco, it is pefectly legal for a parent to give their child a drink at home.

Clearly an eye needs to be kept on Tesco!

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Friday, February 20, 2009

ID Cards By The Back Door

ID Cards By The Back Door
Our old friends in Tesco get a mention again today on this site. This time they are helping Nanny to impose id cards via the back door.

How?

Just ask James Earls, a gentleman of almost 60 years of age, who uses a walking frame.

He popped into his local Tesco Express recently, in St Annes Lancashire, to purchase a packet of fags.

Can you guess what happened next children?

Yes, that's right, Tesco insisted that he produce proof (ie id) that he was over 18 years old.

When he couldn't provide the proof, the staff refused to serve him.

Was this a single incident of dim witted stupidity by a member of staff?

No!

This policy is 100% applicable for all customers in that store, no exceptions.

A spokesman for Tesco said:

"The store has introduced a policy, on a trial basis, to require ID from all customers wishing to buy age-restricted products to help prevent underage sales.

We will of course keep this under review and would like to apologise to customers for any inconvenience this may cause
."

Tesco, doing their bit to help Nanny push through her much hated id card scheme.

Hit Tesco where it really hurts, in their "bottom line":

Boycott Tesco!

Drop them an email here customer.service@tesco.co.uk

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Saturday, November 29, 2008

A Nice Little Earner - Double Charge For ID Cards

A Nice Little EarnerNanny's much derided id card scheme has been revealed as cheap and slimy way to make money.

Those of you who are undergoing a sex change will be allowed two cards, one in each gender. However, you will have to pay twice.

Women who want to change their names when they marry will have to pay £100, and will have to update their entry on the new ID cards database and pay £30 if they want a card with their husband's surname.

Refusing to update the ID database of any change in circumstance, eg a new address, will result in a minimum fine of £125 rising to a maximum of £1,000.

Fines, which can be issued by post, email or fax, will also apply if cardholders fail to report lost or stolen cards.

Replacement cards will cost £30.

A nice little earner!

Kerching!

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Monday, September 29, 2008

Foreign ID Cards

Foreign ID Cards
I see that Jacqui Smith, Nanny's home economics teacher (now Home Secretary), is feeling very pleased with herself about the launch of the ID cards for foreigners.

If I may insert a small factoid here, one of Hitler's first acts as chancellor was to impose compulsory ID cards on every German citizen.

The cards will be compulsory for foreign nationals, who will need one to enter the UK, to work and to claim benefits.

Fine, except that the foreign terrorists, who Nanny claims that these cards will deter, will of course not be entering the UK legally. Additionally, as the London bombings showed, the acts of terrorism will as likely be carried out by British citizens.

Jacqui also believes that UK citizens will volunteer to pay £30 to have one as well.

Errmmm...is she on drugs?

The scheme is bollocks from start to finish!

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Prats of The Week - The Home Orifice

Prats of The Week - The Home OrificeAh a cheerful, grey Friday morning; just the right time to award my prestigious, and world renowned, "Prats of The Week" Award.

This week it goes to the Home Orifice (so deserving, on so many occasions, I wonder if I should make this a lifetime "achievement award?).

Anyhoo, here is why I think they deserve this award.

The Home Orifice, in a naive and wasteful use of taxpayers' money have attempted to bring the "yoof" vote onto their side. They have set up a website (MyLifeMyId.org) for 16 to 25 year olds to express their views about identity cards.

I assume the "brains" in the Home Orifice thought that they would get a tidal wave of approval for the scheme; yet all they got in return is scorn, sneering and scepticism.

Eg:

"The NIS is an authoritarian imposition on this country and places the desires of the state above the rights of the people. It will entail threatening the public and extorting money from them until they comply.

The biggest effect it will have on my life is to completely redefine my relationship with the state. Now I'll have to tell them everything about myself and will be forced to keep it up to date and will be responsible for it's accuracy while having no power to control how it's used/stored/accessed.

The state has all of the rights and I have all of the responsibility.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind
."

Good for the "yoof" of Britain!

Odd that the Home Orifice could make such a bad judgement call on "yoof" issues, given that our "respected" and "highly qualified" Home Secretary (Jacqui Smith) was a teacher (Home Econ was it?) herself.

Seemingly there was also a YouTube video featuring Jacqui Smith, which was meant to augment the website. However, it had its comments section disabled and now seems to have disappeared.

Fear not though, one individual resurrected it (and enabled comments):



Rest assured, because the responses have not been up to Jacqui's expectations, the government will ignore them and try to airbrush them from history.

The Home Orifice well deserving winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award for "Prats of The Week".

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

The Home Orifice - Worse Than Worthless

The Home Orifice - Worse Than Worthless
Those of you who have been worried about what Nanny intends to do with all the data that she is collecting about us, and wants to collect on us, should not worry.

Nanny does not intend to keep it, or indeed use it, she intends to lose it!

Added to the list of shame of incompetent government departments is Nanny's Home Orifice. It has managed to lose a memory stick that contains details of thousands of criminals, informers, police officers etc.

Well done lads!

However, Nanny in the shape of our highly "qualified" (wasn't she a teacher or something?) Home Secretary (Jacqui Smith) has been quick to point out that Nanny didn't lose the data, but PA Consulting (a private firm) lost it.

So that's alright then!

Errrmmm...no not quite Jacqui, as you are the people who hired PA Consulting you are therefore responsible for ensuring that they are up to the job.

QED!

Let us be clear, this government is complete shite and could not be trusted to sit the right way on a lavatory let alone handle confidential data.

There is no way we should allow it to collect any more data about us, eg via ID cards, medical records etc etc.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The Wheels Come Off II

I would like to advise you that, following on from my earlier article today, another of Nanny's departments has succeeded in losing some data discs.

Nanny's department responsible for courts, prisons, probation, criminal law and sentencing - HM Inspectorate of Court Administration (HMICA)- has lost 4 CDs in December.

HMICA won't confirm or deny — due to an "ongoing investigation" — reports that the missing data included sensitive information, such as the names and addresses of alleged victims of crime and witnesses.

An investigation is being undertaken by HMICA into the cock up.

The four CDs containing data were lost in the post on 15 December, in transit between the Ministry of Justice and another party. It is unclear as to whether they were encrypted.

Great stuff!

Well done Nanny!

The Wheels Come Off

The Wheels Come OffOh dear, oh dear, it appears that the wheels are coming off Nanny's much vaunted id card scheme.

Leaked documents suggest that Nanny is delaying her plans to roll-out identity cards to British nationals until 2012.

Well how surprising!

In order to initiate a national id card scheme Nanny would need to upload 50 different pieces of personal information, including addresses of 60 million British citizens, into a massive single database.

Given the complete shambles that Nanny has had recently wrt her handling of personal data (eg HMRC Datagate, lost drivers details, NHS details lost and MOD stolen laptops etc) it is hardly surprising that she has finally twigged that she is not up to the task of managing a database, and that the British people are not prepared to trust her.

Those of you who need reminding as to why id cards are bollocks, please have a rummage around my earlier articles on the subject: id cards are bollocks.

The wheels are really coming off Nanny's wagon, she may still be in office but she most certainly is not in power.

Please will someone put her out of my misery?

Now for a little sing along!

Monday, December 24, 2007

ID Cards Are Bollocks

ID Cards Are Bollocks
Almost exactly three years ago to the day, I wrote:

"The IT requirements, necessary to effectively manage the huge database envisaged by Nanny, are not feasible. No IT project implemented by politicians, of any party, has ever worked properly or met budget."

Over the past month or so, the media reports that:

-25 million data records have been lost by HMRC

-Learner driver details have been lost

-Pension details have been lost

-NHS records have been lost etc the list will keep growing

The connection?

-They are all data records stored on Nanny's IT systems

-All the data records are the responsibility of Nanny

-These are the private data records of individuals

-Nanny's IT systems have failed

Given the above, how the fark can we trust Nanny to protect the data records that she intends to take from us in order to set up her ID card system?

The people who have had their personal security compromised in this way by Nanny should take a class action against her for negligence.