No, not the keynote speech from a librarians conference or a feature in Indexing Monthly. In fact, the slightly sinister words of Minister of the Interior, Jacqui Smith, speaking about the few exceptions who will not have to be fingerprinted to get an ID card.
I wonder what she means. Given her form, I suspect that people incapable of providing fingerprints to the state are going to have their hands chopped off and stapled to their cards. Or possibly they might just be taken away and shot. Who knows? What we do know is, when displaying a mock of the card, she denied that taking 10 prints from the elderly or those with missing fingers would be a problem. What a sweet woman she is. Pensioners up and down the country (many of whom will have fought in wars to preserve the freedoms so despised by Labour) will be thrilled to know they will be obliged to comply with the state’s desire to tag us all. And as for the digitally challenged, maybe a stub print will suffice.
Is it possible for this government to become any more unpleasant? Unfortunately, every time I think that, it proves that it is.
Tags: fingerprints, id cards, jacqui smith
