Tag Archives: ID cards

Our rights are not disposable

No escape

The government’s setback over DNA records does not mean an end to its attacks, writes Ted North Many on the left are rubbing their hands together at what they consider to be favourable prospects arising from the developing recession. It is true that the changing face of global politics arising from the financial crisis poses profound ...

Rolling out the database state

Gordon is watching

This month has seen the implementation of Home Office plans to make foreign students carry biometric ID cards and force lecturers to keep registers of their attendance. This has been framed as a response to the scandal over the 'bogus colleges', almost 300 of which were uncovered last year, through which applicants could obtain a ...