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UK: Don't Like ID Cards? Hand Over Your Passport

James Slack writes on The Daily Mail:

Anybody who objects to their personal details going on the new "Big Brother" ID cards database will be banned from having a passport.

James Hall, the official in charge of the supposedly-voluntary scheme, said the Government would allow people to opt out - but in return they must "forgo the ability" to have a travel document.

With one in every eight people saying they will refuse to sign-up, up to five million adults could effectively be refused permission to leave the country.

posted by Fergie @ 3/10/2007 02:50:00 PM