Just one step closer to barcoding babies on the backs of their hands.... sure would make life a bit easier.... and my trip to work less fraught. At present, if I pay for a season ticket with a card, I use 4 different cards to get me onto a train and into my office. If I ride in, it's 5 - cards to get me petrol (gas), door passes, car park passes, ID for work, so on and so on.....

If issued in a sensitive way, National ID's could be very useful. If an insensitive operator is selected (in the grand tradition of 'best value' = most work for least money), then it could be the start of one of the most oppressive systems since the Reichcarte.

LTS