Comments on: Maybe just maybe… http://idealgovernment.com/2007/11/maybe_just_maybe/ What do we want from Internet-age government? Wouldn't it be better if... Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:23:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Moss http://idealgovernment.com/2007/11/maybe_just_maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 David Moss Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:26:39 +0000 http://maybe_just_maybe#comment-1893 "I bet it got a few people excited." It certainly did. Five members of the government were wheeled out to deny the story. They must be wondering who briefed the Sunday Mirror and why. Aeroplanes are taking off even now, headed for one of those countries who excel at torture, to get the answers. Anti-ID card campaigners obviously got excited -- there's not much room for ambiguity in the headline "BROWN SCRAPS I.D. CARD PLANS". And then thee are the prospective suppliers to IPS of National Identity Scheme-related goods and services. "Good news", they must have said to themselves, "the Labour government look like an accelerating train crash, the other parties have promised to tear up our contracts on day one and persons unknown are briefing the national newspapers against the scheme -- how exciting, the NIS looks like a good and stable project to bid for, we'll make a fortune, can't lose". “I bet it got a few people excited.”

It certainly did.

Five members of the government were wheeled out to deny the story. They must be wondering who briefed the Sunday Mirror and why. Aeroplanes are taking off even now, headed for one of those countries who excel at torture, to get the answers.

Anti-ID card campaigners obviously got excited — there’s not much room for ambiguity in the headline “BROWN SCRAPS I.D. CARD PLANS”.

And then thee are the prospective suppliers to IPS of National Identity Scheme-related goods and services. “Good news”, they must have said to themselves, “the Labour government look like an accelerating train crash, the other parties have promised to tear up our contracts on day one and persons unknown are briefing the national newspapers against the scheme — how exciting, the NIS looks like a good and stable project to bid for, we’ll make a fortune, can’t lose”.

]]> By: William Heath http://idealgovernment.com/2007/11/maybe_just_maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 William Heath Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:00:40 +0000 http://maybe_just_maybe#comment-1894 I think "isometric passports" are the words an ignorant person hears when the words "biometric passports" are uttered in a noisy pub. They get into print via rubbish subbing. I think “isometric passports” are the words an ignorant person hears when the words “biometric passports” are uttered in a noisy pub. They get into print via rubbish subbing.

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