Britains ID cards must be free for all – says Gordon Brown's advisor.

The Prime Minister's own advisor, Sir James Crosby, has told the Government that it should scrap charges for the new controversial ID Cards.

The current plan is to charge every citizen £30.00 for the card, and up to £100 for those that want both an ID card and a passport to fund the scheme, estimated to cost £4.5 Billion.

However, Government opponents have also said that, if charges were to be dropped, taxes will still have to rise (further) to pay for the scheme.

The (Latest) ID Card TimeLine:

Late 2008 – First Compulsory cards for Foreign Nationals will be issued
2009 – Compulsory cards issued to 200,000 UK airport workers
2010 – Students and other young people will be invited to apply
2012 – UK Nationals forced to enrol on ID database when applying for passport
2017 – National Roll Out with an estimated 80% of UK Citizens registered on Database
2018 – Universal registration to be made compulsory

BUT Government ministers have admitted that the scheme would have done nothing to prevent the terrrorism atrocities on 7/7 – and the point of the scheme is to prevent terrorism and prevent identity theft.

Erm...........

NHS Prescription Charges Go Up

There is no denying that Britain is a most fortunate country in that we have a free National Health Service, so any British Citizen can be treated for free in any doctor's surgery or hospital.

But medicines have to be paid for. And Dawn Primarolo, Britain's Public Health Minister, said prescription charges will rise by 25 pence as from 1st April, making a total of cost of £7.10 per item, per prescription.

But that price rise is only applicable to England. In Wales, prescriptions remain totally free, and in Scotland, the charge is being cut to £5.00, and will be totally free of charges within 5 years.

NHS Dental charges will also rise, a basic examination will now cost £16.20. Scottish residents already have access to free eye care and check ups, free personal care for the elderly, extra central heating grants as well as a number of drugs deemed too costly for the Health Service in England and Wales.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has called for an urgent review of prescrription charges for the English.

Paul Bennet, of the Society's English pharmacy board, said: “We urgently need a review of the current system of prescription charges – they are both illogical and unfair.”

Doesn't seem right somehow, does it?

This art in a UK Public Park represents Saddam Hussain's wife

And Kensington & Chelsea Council paid £2,000 of Council tax payers money to fund it.

The sticky tape, plastic and tarpaulin is all part of the "Sculture" by Graham Hudson. Apparently, according to Hudson, the sculture represents Hussain's first wife, Sajida Talfah.

The sticky tape, paint, and the rest of the "sculpture" serves to remind us of a woman past her prime, whilst the oil drum and reels signify the war in Iraq.

What a total, politically correct, waste of taxpayers money.

Be My (Politically Correct) Valentine.

Political correctness is going crazy in this country.

As valentine's cards are now viewed by some people as Sexual Harrassment under the Human Rights Act and British firms have been warned by a legal advisory council that unwanted cards could land them in an industrial tribunal.


To counteract future claims, a political correct valentine's card is now available.

The front of the card depicts a sinle red heart, surrounded by cupids of every gender, race, religion, marital status and relationship type.

So, there is a single mum with a pram cupid, a chav cupid, Orthodox Jew Cupid, naturalist cupid, albino cupid, and even Siamese Sikh cupids.

The message inside says:

"Please accept with no obligation my non-sexually harrassing, potentially platonic Valentine's regard as a token of my/our love, lust or friendship within a relationship that we may or may not choose to be monogamous, whilst understanding that the romantic sentiment that it signifies does in no way guarantee the success or progression of the said relationship over any length of time. The sender reserves the right to stay anonymous."

Tough On Crime - Tough On The Causes Of Crime

A thug who viciously beat up his girlfriend has walked free - after a female judge sent him on an anger management course.

Andrew Grainger, 38, repeatedly attacked Dawn Harper, dragged her by her hair, slashed her with a knife, and nearly starngled her over SIX years.

For some reason, her Honour Judge Carr, for some reason, saw fit to give Grainger, a jobless drunk, and father of 5 by two previous partners, of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, a suspended jail term.

His ex girlfriend Dawn, miscarried twice after the beatings, said "What has he got to do before they lock him up - kill someone? The courts have let me down."

A spokesman for the battered women's charity, Refuge, said " It's ludicrously lenient."

"Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"

Confirmed - 800 Agencies are allowed to spy on UK Residents

Almost 800 organisations can now legally spy on UK residents, including local councils, NHS Trusts, the Charity Commission and our favourite group of people of all time, the Health and Safety Executive.

A report by Sir Paul Kennedy, the Interception Of Communications Commissioner showed that requests to bug UK citizens range far beyond the Police and Intelligence agencies. The report also confirmed that almost 1,000 people a day have their emails, phone calls and letters intercepted.

Local authorities made 1,700 requests to access mobile phone records and other private information during the last nine months of 2006, amongst a total of 253,557 other applications to intercept private communications under surveillance laws - and it is understood that most of these were approved.

Others who can legally access our private communications and information here in the UK include the Financial Services Authority,the Ambulance Service, local Fire authorities, prison Governers, Office of Fair Trading, The Environment Agency, the Food Standards Agency and the Rural Payments Agency.

But, out of all these, it has also been proven that more than 1,000 bugging operations were in some way flawed, with errors leading to the targeting of innocent people.

Britain has the worst privacy in the Europe - Confirmed

Britain is the worst country in Europe, and one of the worse in the world when it comes to protecting citizens privacy – according to Privacy International.

The UK is classed in the lowest grade – reserved for societies where citizens face endemic surveillance – with only Russia, China & Malaysia rated more intrusive.

Privacy International have rated Britain fourth from bottom because of her vast network of CCTV cameras, it's plans for a National Identity Card scheme and a severe lack of Government accountability .
PI further stated that Britain's Security camera network, and her DNA database, were the biggest in the world on both counts.

And Privacy International finally said: “This trends leads to the conclusion that all citizens, regardless of legal status, are under suspicion.”

surprised?