Karen Meidl

London

Software Engineer

Given:

1. the total indifference of politicians nowadays to the opinions/views of the public that elects them;
2. the belief of government that the only way to get the public to go along with ANY of their plans, especially where there are ulterior motives, is to lie to the public or simply ignore the majority;
3. the inherent inefficiency in governmental bureaucratic processes;

implementing a scheme like an ID card would be foolish. It would only serve to make us even more suspicious of a government we already don't trust. Whilst this might not be saying much in terms of the inaction on the part of the British public, it would leave implementation of the scheme open to all sorts of abuse especially if it is not supported by the very people who it is targeting.