Could the lost records scandal be a cunning plan to discredit the ID card scheme, which backfired?

Could the current child benefit records fiasco have been set up as a way of letting the government wriggle out of it's commitment to the ID card scheme without admitting their previous arguments in favour were simply wrong?





This is just a bit of tongue in cheek speculation by me and there is no evidence whatsoever to back it up. Considering that Alistair Darling is the principle opponent of ID cards within Gordon Brown's cabinet though - you never know!

Could the lost records scandal be a cunning plan to discredit the ID card scheme, which backfired?
Love your speculation. I don't consider it too far-fetched either.


The thought of those ID cards is truly scary. On the news an "ex-hacker" said with the right software he could crack the passwords, security etc "in minutes".


I don't fancy all my info (and there isn't much!) on a disc in the charge of some incompetent.
Reply:After the ID card is taking the MARK........if you take the MARK of the BEAST........you WILL go to Hell.


Democrats don't care who goes to hell!





AND of course the whole buracracy knows nothing but to LIE.





I say we throw out all the Senate, House, etc and bring in some OLD Honest, trustworthy Farmers to run for offices!





Make them all take a lie detector test when they are fighting one another for office!
Reply:Wouldn't surprise me,at all.
Reply:you must have infultrated a cabinet meeting you naughty boy.
Reply:I've been thinking the same. I think they have just put the final nail in the coffin of the ID card fiasco. Lets hope anyway !! :)
Reply:yes, now someone has a half decent theory





i think its suss that these should go missing after being couriered and guesed they were stolen





your theory fits thats they were stolen to discredit the ID card system %26amp; the government ... Christ, if they cant track all the immigrants %26amp; cd's %26amp; terrorist .. what hope have we got ?
Reply:No.





The "fiasco" as you put it was and is inevitable when such an incredible amount of personal data is compiled into a central databank.





The government will not give up on National IDs, believe me. They want to know every move that every citizen makes. And they will not stop their efforts to make that happen. This is just a little *burp*.
Reply:At last!





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