Comments on: Does Labour think it is losing the debate on ID cards? (UPDATED)

By: John Pickworth

John Pickworth — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:14:53 +0000

May I reassure our Liberal friends that the vast majority within the conservative party are completely and utterly against ID Cards.

We’ve asked for and obtained a promise that should the conservatives be returned to power the ID Scheme will be cancelled. Come the next General Election, ordinary members of the conservatives will be demanding that promise to be restated again in the manifesto.

The real enemy here is the authoritarian Labour Party and particularly Gordon Brown who believes ID Cards would a tax collecting money spinner – nevermind all its other evils.

Individual freedom is a core belief of all conservatives and ID Cards couldn’t be more offensive to us if it tried.

There is much that divides our two great parties but the hatred of ID Cards and the upstart ‘socialist’ party are two things on which we are united.

By: Ivor Cornish

Ivor Cornish — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:23:31 +0000

However despicable the Labour Parties sales pitch for I.D. cards is in this bye-election I do not see their approach as a retreat. It is a softening up exercise.
I.D. cards for foreigners (probably only the poor)would be a practice run for the rest of us.

By: Hywel Morgan

Hywel Morgan — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:45:29 +0000

“(and now I have images of Thatcher and Tebbit headbanging to Iron Maiden…)”

I doubt they were a fan. Certainly Eddie wasn’t
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Maidensanctuary.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MaidenForm.jpeg

By: asquith

asquith — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:04:12 +0000

Please, don’t associate a legendary group like Iron Maiden with those feckers.

I’m referring to the assorted bloggertarians mainly. They don’t seem to be having much impact in the real world though. Long may it continue to be so.

By: Anax

Anax — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:43:06 +0000

Will this apply to super-rich non-doms, or just fruit-pickers?

By: Tristan Mills

Tristan Mills — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:11:51 +0000

Libertarianism is the new trendy thing?
I thought it mostly went out in the 80s when they started causing trouble for the headbangers… (and now I have images of Thatcher and Tebbit headbanging to Iron Maiden…)

By: asquith

asquith — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:20:50 +0000

BTW, we should never cease to remind people that Michael Howard came up with the idea in the first place. Half the Tory party is solidly behind authoritarianism (cf: Tim Montgomerie from ConHome), and many of the others only oppose it because Labour brought it in. For all that “libertarianism” is the new trendy thing, the same headbangers are all there and haven’t changed at all.

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:39:40 +0000

*Adopts annoying little sister voice*

Actually it was me it was me it was me!

:@)

By: asquith

asquith — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:08:09 +0000

Typical authoritarian nonsense, trying to appeal to the Sun-”reading” lowlife. Labour really are the sworn enemies of anything remotely liberal. At this rate even Camoron looks better.

By: Julian H

Julian H — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:01:50 +0000

Yuh I saw this via James Graham’s blog.

Typically shameful stuff from Labour.