Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Lying Evil Underhand Government!
The dirty tricks that our Government will pull in order to foist ID cards upon us is ubelievable. After forcing people to enroll on the master Government databse if they wish to have a "voluntary" ID card, we now find that:-
* You won't be able to renew your passport if it has more than 9 months left on it (so preventing people from renewing early to avoid an ID card)
* The supposed "public support" for ID cards (in Scotland anyway) was based on a survey of just 158 people! So all in all, only 108 people in the whole of Scotland has said they approve of ID cards!
Democracy is being pushed further and further into a small dark corner as our Government slowly erodes our rights. We are already prisoners in our own country. What next?
[UPDATE]
Longrider has informed me that the Government has just changed it's policy, seemingly overnight. You can now "renew" your passport, but if it has more than 9 months left, they will only add a maximum of 9 months to it (see the Govt Passport Page in the link above) and will still charge you the full amount.
Can anyone else think of a legitimate reason for this policy, other than trying to make it as unworthwhile as possible for people to renew their passports before ID card become mandatory? And isn't something a bit fishy in that the rules on ID cards can be changed at the click of a mouse?
* You won't be able to renew your passport if it has more than 9 months left on it (so preventing people from renewing early to avoid an ID card)
* The supposed "public support" for ID cards (in Scotland anyway) was based on a survey of just 158 people! So all in all, only 108 people in the whole of Scotland has said they approve of ID cards!
Democracy is being pushed further and further into a small dark corner as our Government slowly erodes our rights. We are already prisoners in our own country. What next?
[UPDATE]
Longrider has informed me that the Government has just changed it's policy, seemingly overnight. You can now "renew" your passport, but if it has more than 9 months left, they will only add a maximum of 9 months to it (see the Govt Passport Page in the link above) and will still charge you the full amount.
Can anyone else think of a legitimate reason for this policy, other than trying to make it as unworthwhile as possible for people to renew their passports before ID card become mandatory? And isn't something a bit fishy in that the rules on ID cards can be changed at the click of a mouse?
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If you check, you'll see that they've changed it back again. Something's afoot. Don't know what, yet, though. One suspects that they've identified a problem, but don't quite know what they are going to do about it. Yet...
# posted by 
: 2:34 PM, April 04, 2006
: 2:34 PM, April 04, 2006
So far as I'm aware, the 9 month rule always did apply. I renewed mine last summer and got 10 years 9 months back on a passport that had about 6 years to run. I took the hit as it takes me past the next election and keeps me off the register during the "voluntary" phase.
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# posted by : 12:05 AM, April 05, 2006
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