Entitlement ID Cards

Apparently, the poor misguided soul that is David Blunkett firmly believes that the UK public will support use of an ID card. Personally, I’m unconvinced – first of all, you’ve got to find something to persuade the Daily Mail readers that ID cards are a good thing. There’s no way the Mail won’t sit there and batter on about it being an invasion of privacy, and so on.

And then you’ve got to persuade Joe Public. Some will go for it – hell, some of them will stick their heads into plate-glass windows if you tell them it’ll be good for them – but I think most people won’t. There’s still all too much of a feeling of Big Brother (as in 1984, not the shonky Channel Four series) for most of the populace to like the idea of ID cards.

Hiatus Unintentionale

Blogger has been tits-up all day, hence no other updates, except for the flowers. There’ll be more in a bit, when I’ve re-tracked-down the bits I was going to say about earlier.

Flowers too

Also, during the last two blindingly sunny days, two of the lilies I’ve been growing have bloomed. So of course photos were required – and have been placed on the plants photo page. I’ve never managed to get lilies to flower before, so I’m bizarrely pleased about having managed it this time. I know, it’s hardly newsworthy, but what the hell, it’s my site, and I’ll say what I want. *Grin*.