Try, try again

There’s a great post on Obsolete on the numerous justifications that the government has tried to come up with for ID cards, all of which have been pulled apart.

It also has this:

Perhaps the best criticism though came from Lord Philips, who quoted a Labour politician who attacked the then Tory plans for ID cards by saying the money should be used on more police instead. That Labour politician? Tony Blair.

If the Tories do it it’s a bad idea, if Bliar does it it’s a good idea…