Not in the least Sugarfoot but I gave the DVLA as an example of a database that is and has been in existence for donkey's year without it impacting on anyone's "civil liberties" or "personal freedom". But dig out an application form and take a look at the extent of required personal information on it.

A simple cross-check between driving licences and vehicle registrations and the results could potentially earn the Government millions in fines and back tax.

As for needing to be licensed to walk around ones own country - what else is a National Insurance Card. In most European countries you have to have some form of ID Card, I know for certain that in the Scandinavian countries you have a personnummer or birth number without which it is extremely difficult to get a job, any form of identification, medical treatment, bank account, etc, etc.

Nothing wrong with any of that and none of which infringes any basic human right or freedom - True??