General Chat

good point.i know with 9/11 the terrorist some of the terrorist applied i can only guess a visa to go to university for a certain length of time.i think the majority on the flights were being educated in germany.so to combat all terrorism you would have to have id cards in all countries.an impossible task.do many countries have thisid system.i think america do don't they???xxx(:

Oleander - take a look at Dave B's thread - Home Grown Terrorists. It looks like they are British Citizens by birth! Kaye x

Compulsory ID cards.....Yes Tighter immigation controls...Too late Stable door and horse come to mind.

ID cards will do nothing to stop illegal immigrants or terrorists. All you have to do is to get a false passport in a foreign country and come to the UK as a tourist or as a student, or a seasonal worker. Then disappear.

They found money for 'The Dome' and many other 'Failed 'Projects,so why can they not find the money to fund I.D. Cards?. Hal.

After reading Karen's reply maybe we need a shake-up of our benefits system too? Rob - I know what you mean about stable door and horse, but better late than never springs to mind also? Kaye x

So, Please, Just explain to me how having an ID card would have stopped yesterdays atrocities. Bob

Don't know about everyone else, but I can't afford a passport, let alone ID card too!! The thing is, I reckon i'd be told i'd have to pay (hubby works - silly him!) yet the ones who really should carry them would I suspect get them for free!! If the Government will issue them free to all of us, then I have no problem with carrying one. Oh, but I object to them 'selling' information about me from my card to other 'interested' parties!! Did anyone else know that's what they are intending to do? ;0) Joan

Be careful what you wish for - the NHS was built on an ideal of greater compassion, that no-one should go without the basic necessities of life. Look at what life is like in other countries where there is no support system. Even here in the USA millions have no health cover, millions of children even have no basic dental care and the immigration system is broken. Soon it will be so hard to get in - or take so long - that no-one will want to bother. The Patriot Act has been a nightmare all in the name of 'security' (read 'more power for the politicians'). Our ID cards are simply our driving licenses (you can get a basic ID card if you don't drive) - about the only sensible thing that I would wish to export to Britain so far as this topic of conversation is concerned.