A Vote On ID Cards

by Chris | 20 Nov 2008 | No Comment

Pity it doesn’t count for anything.

The Scottish Parliament has voted against the UK Government’s plans to introduce ID cards.

MSPs backed a Scottish Government motion stating the scheme would not increase security or deter crime, while raising concerns about civil liberties…

But Labour declined to back the motion, saying parliament should focus on issues which were devolved to Scotland. (BBC)

To a certain extent, yes, the Scottish Parliament should only focus on devolved matters. But ID cards are such an important issue for us all that any intervention from politicians against these impositions on our civil liberties.

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