ID Cards - good idea or not?

quote:

Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
How on earth would you be able to prove you lived at an address ten years ago? This is silly!

Fredrik

Yep!

All the checking means the data collection couldn't be fully computerised. If each person's details took just 1 hour to collate and confirm, you would need 10,000 processors working for 3y to complete the process once for the whole population by which time about 50% of the cohort would have changed address.

Sounds a winner!

Fraser

quote:

Originally posted by Fraser Hadden:
All the checking means the data collection couldn't be fully computerised. If each person's details took just 1 hour to collate and confirm, you would need 10,000 processors working for 3y to complete the process once for the whole population by which time about 50% of the cohort would have changed address.

Sounds a winner!

Fraser

ID Centres coming to a town near you:


Aberdeen Edinburgh* Northampton
Aberystwyth* Exeter Norwich*
Andover Galashiels Oban
Armagh Glasgow* Omagh
Barnstaple* Hastings Oxford*
Belfast* Hull* Peterborough*
Berwick-upon-Tweed Inverness* Plymouth*
Birmingham* Ipswich* Portsmouth*
Blackburn Kendal Reading*
Boston Kilmarnock Scarborough*
Bournemouth* Kings Lynn Sheffield*
Bristol* Leeds* Shrewsbury*
Bury St Edmunds Leicester* St Austell
Camborne Lincoln* Stirling
Carlisle* Liverpool* Stoke-on-Trent
Chelmsford Luton* Swansea*
Cheltenham Maidstone Swindon*
Coleraine* Manchester* Victoria (London)*
Crawley Middlesbrough* Warwick
Derby Newcastle* Wick
Dover Newport Wrexham
Dumfries* Newport (Isle of Wight) Yeovil
Dundee* Northallerton York*

Existing centres

Centres we have already uncovered
Aberdeen

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: BA6/1849
* Address: Regent Centre, Regent Road, Aberdeen AB11 5NS

Andover

* Planning application
* Reference: 06/02991/FULLN
* Address: Aldwych House, Winchester Street, Andover, Hampshire SP10 2EA

Barnstaple

* Planning application
* Reference: 43699
* Address: Crown Yealm House, Pathfield Business Park, South Molton EX363LH

Belfast*

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: Z/2006/0736/F
* Address: First floor, Norwood House, 96-102 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7BE

Birmingham*

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: C/03201/06/FUL
* Address: 6th floor, Kensington House, 136 Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham B1 1LN

Blackburn

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 10/06/1042
* Address: Ground floor, St Johns Court, Ainsworth Street, Blackburn BB1 6AP

Bournemouth*

* Reference: 7/2006/2533/X [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Kingsland House, 21 Hinton Road BH1 2EE

Bristol*

* Reference: 06/03006/F
* Address: 5th Floor, Monarch House, Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol BS1 4EX

Carlisle*

* Planning application
* Reference: 06/1244
* Address: Ground Floor, Suite 1, Regent's Court, Kingmoor Business Park, Carlisle CA6 4SJ

Chelmsford

* Reference: 06/02115/FUL
* Address: First Floor, Rosebury House, 41 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6JE

Cheltenham

* Reference: 06/01701/FUL
* Address: Montpellier House, Montpellier Drive, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1WJ

Coleraine

* Planning announcement [PDF]
* Reference: 0922/F
* Address: River House, Castle Lane, Waterside, Coleraine

Crawley

* Reference: CR/2006/0408/COU
* Address: Second Floor, Belgrave House, Station Way, Northgate, Crawley RH10 1HU

Dover

* Planning application
* Reference: DOV/06/01345
* Address: Maybrook House, Queens Gardens, Dover, Kent CT17 9AH

Dundee

* Planning application
* Reference: 07/00173/FUL [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Nethergate Business Centre, 80 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4ER

Edinburgh*

* Reference: PLEASE TELL US
* Address: 1st floor, Apex 3, 95 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5HD

Glasgow*

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 06/00997/DC
* Address: Ground Floor, Blythswood House, 200 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4DQ

Hastings

* Reference: HS/FA/06/00813 [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Rd, Hastings TN34 1BP

Hull

* Planning application
* Reference: 06/01620/FULL [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Aldgate House, 1-4 Market Place, Kingston Upon Hull HU1 1RA

Inverness*

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 06/00925/FULIN
* Address: Ground Floor Left, Pavilion 1, Fairview Business Park, Inverness IV2 6AA

Ipswich*

* Reference: 06/00853/FUL
* Address: Crown House, Crown Street, Ipswich IP1 3HS

Kendal

* Planning application
* Reference: SL/2006/1179
* Address: Unit C, Bridge Mills, Stramongate, Kendal LA9 4UB

Leeds*

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 06/03094/FU
* Address: Ground Floor, 33 Park Place, Leeds LS1 2RY

Leicester*

* Reference: 20060869
* Address: 3rd floor, Wellington House, 20-32 Wellington Street, Leicester LE1 6HL

Lincoln*

* Reference: 2006/0828/F
* Address: Saracen House, Crusader Road, Lincoln LN6 7AS

Liverpool*

* Reference: 06F/2973
* Address: Second Floor, Nations House, Edmund Street, Liverpool L3 9NY

Luton*

* Reference: 06/00869/COU
* Address: 4th Floor, A W House, 6-8 Stuart Street, Luton LU1 2SW

Maidstone

* Reference: 06/1859 [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Concord House, 10-12 London Road, Maidstone ME16 8QA

Manchester*

* Reference: PLEASE TELL US
* Address: Westminster House, Portland Street, Manchester M60 1HY

Middlesbrough*

* Reference: M/FP/1391/06/P
* Address: Training and Enterprise House, 2 Queens Square, Middlesbrough TS2 1AA

Newcastle*

* Reference: PLEASE TELL US
* Address: 1st floor, 2 Cathedral Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1EE

Newport

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 06/0787
* Address: 15th floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport NP20 1DW

Newport (Isle of Wight)

* Planning application
* Reference: P/02530/06 [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Unit B, The Apex Centre, St Cross Business Park, Monks Brook, Newport Isle Of Wight, PO30

Northampton

* Reference: WN/2006/0169
* Address: 14 Aquila House, St Giles Terrace, Northampton NN1 2BN

Norwich*

* Reference: 06/00952/U
* Address: St Crispens House, Duke Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1PD

Oban

* Planning application
* Reference: 06/01354/ALTER
* Address: 2 Glengallan Road, Oban, Argyll And Bute PA34 4HH

Peterborough*

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 06/00794/FUL
* Address: First Floor West, Midgate House, Westgate City Road, Peterborough PE1 1TN

Plymouth*

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 06/00824/FUL
* Address: Third Floor, Mayflower House, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 1LD

Portsmouth*

* Planning application
* Reference: 06/00393/FUL
* Address: Floor 8, Block D, Enterprise House, Isambard Brunel Road, Hampshire PO1 2RX

Reading*

* Planning application
* Reference: 06/00858/FUL
* Address: Kings Reach, 38 - 50 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3AA

Scarborough*

* Reference: 06/02022/FL [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Plaxton Place, Clayton Low Road, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO1 3BY

Sheffield*

* Reference: 06/02984/CHU
* Address: Ground Floor, Milton House, Charter Row, Sheffield S1 4HR

Shrewsbury*

* Reference: 06/1336/F [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Mercury House, 2 The Creative Quarter, Shrewsbury Business Park, Shrewsbury SY2 6LG

Stirling

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: S/06/00797/DET
* Address: 2 Scotia House, Castle Business Park, Raploch, Stirling FK9 4TZ

Stoke-on-Trent

* Reference: PLEASE TELL US
* Address: Riverside II Office Park, Campbell Road, ST4 4RJ

Swansea*

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 2006/1702
* Address: Axis 3, Axis Court, Riverside Business Park, Swansea SA7 0AJ

Warwick

* Planning application
* Reference: W/06/1881
* Address: First Floor, Westgate House, Market Street, Warwick, CV34 4DH

Wick

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: 06/00490/ALTCA
* Address: Unit 2, Lochshell Business Park, Wick

Wrexham

* Planning application [PDF]
* Reference: P/2006/0721
* Address: First Floor, Kingsway House, Ellice Way, Wrexham LL13 7YT

Yeovil

* Reference: 06/04162/FUL [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Suite 28, Brunel House, Houndstone Business Park, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8RT

York

* Planning application
* Reference: 06/01944/FUL [Air conditioning units]
* Address: Rougier House, 5 Rougier Street, York YO1 6HZ

What if it becomes an offense not to have an ID card? What if you have to answer a lot of intrusive questions to get one? What happens if they introduce a cashless society and they take your ID card away?

When this happens I am out of here! Puck them all! ATB from Fredrik!

Irrespective of the wrongs or even rights in respect of id cards. Consider this - it is another government it project. It will only go horribly wrong at an eye watering cost.

Looking at the list of id centres just makes me think yet more government employees are required. What is it costing?

quote:

Originally posted by MichaelC:
Irrespective of the wrongs or even rights in respect of id cards. Consider this - it is another government it project. It will only go horribly wrong at an eye watering cost.

"To err is human; to really foul things up you need a computer..."

Very Bad Idea.