ID cards doomed

Anthony the Spiv's flagship identity cards scheme is set to fail and may not be introduced for a generation, according to leaked Whitehall e-mails from the senior officials responsible for the multi-billion-pound project. Sunday Times



The problems are so serious that ministers have been forced to draw up plans for a scaled-down “face-saving” version to meet their pledge of phasing in the cards from 2008.

That is, if one assumes, that the purveyor of 'bluepeter badges' hasn't been lifted by Yates of the Yard before 2008.
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