Tuesday, June 14, 2005

ID cards losing support as rising costs deter public / Guardian, 14 Jun 2005

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1505893,00.html
"Public support for identity cards is evaporating as voters realise the full cost and inconvenience of the national scheme, critics claimed yesterday.
Seizing on a new ICM poll, which found that only 55% of the population support the scheme - compared with the 80% cited by the government - opposition spokesmen and Labour rebels warned that the cards would become as unpopular as the poll tax and the Millennium Dome."