Guardian again...
Is it just me, or does that make no sense at all?
From theThe Home Office said last night that ID cards would not be compulsory to access public services such as schools and hospitals. Mr Blunkett is keen to see if the card could be extended to provide entitlements to access to services, but is stressing the entitlements would not be dependent upon possession of an ID card.
Is it just me, or does that make no sense at all?
- Current Mood:
confused
- Current Music:Laurie Anderson: Life on a String
Comments
Grade A doublethink...?
I was going to write to my MP today pointing out how ridiculous the entitlement card scheme is: what, you're going to ask doctors to let people bleed to death if they haven't got the right papers? Refuse to teach their kids to read, or to give them vaccines - which incidentally would endanger my kids as well - because their parents don't have the right paperwork?
But now I think I'll wait for a more coherent policy statement, or failing that, a draft Bill. No point trying to shoot at a moving target if I don't have to.