Jacqui Smith Must Be Stopped

David Blunkett may be blind, but even he can see that Jacqui Smith’s national ID card scheme for the UK is a bad idea. But still, the brave Home Secretary — a woman who wants to replace Margaret Thatcher as the most hated women in the UK and who was once called “pocket dictator”_[1]– presses on, rolling out the much hated National ID cards in Manchester.

Why is Ms. Smith in favor of bringing about an authoritarian Creeping Socialist Nighmare Regime of Orwellian proportions? Normally, I’d tie this to Ms. Smith’s membership in Labour before it was “New Labour, when it was still apart of the Socialist Labor party — except the socialists and Marxists want nothing to do with a woman who is being investigated for alleged fraud. So no, it can’t be about fulfilling Marx’s manifesto. In fact, if you look at civil libertarians and socialist complaints, these two polar political opposites seem to believe this is a power grab, a totalitarian, a little Napolian in heels if you wish.

But that’s not what it’s all about, Ms. Smith insists. It’s all about YOU! It’s for your own good, for the good of the country! It will have real benefits, in real terms, for every man, woman, and child in Britain. Just look at how this benefits you:

ID cards will deliver real benefits to everyone, including increased protection against criminals, illegal immigrants and terrorists.

Because when terrorists hijack a plane, a chipped piece of plastic with your demographic details will keep you safe — or at least help identify your corpse later.

This is not the first of Ms. Smith’s creepy, Big Brotherish moves. Earlier last week, Ms. Smith’s proposed plan to create a national database of every phone call, text message, and email sent by every person in Britain — to fight the terrorists, you see — was rejected. Instead, telcoms will be asked to keep that information themselves — so every call you make, every letter you text, every breath you take … the telcoms will be watching you.

Kinda makes me want to go and hug Maggie Thatcher. Kinda, but not really. But almost.

Cites:

• My farewell plea to MPs: defend liberty
• Jacqui Smith to announce email and internet tracking plans
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  Jacqui Smith says DNA database profiles of 800,000 innocent people will be axed
• Manchester will be the first city where people can voluntarily sign up for an ID card, ministers are set to confirm.