Spontaneous Monotony

A study has apparently shown that an ID card is likely to cost �300. Yes, that’s three hundred pounds for every man, woman and five-year old kid in your family. In typical New Labour fashion, Charles Clarke has condemned the study as ‘a media campaign with scare stories’- and says he stands by the (already extortionate) �93 ‘unit cost’.

Except that this study was not run by the Daily Mail, or similar Tory-leaning media groups. It was conducted by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Let’s work out who is more trustworthy

• A world-renowned educational institution, which specialises in the two fields in question, or
• New Labour, who lied about not increasing tax in their 1997 manifesto, lied about not introducing top-up fees in their 2001 manifesto, and lied about Iraq

As you might be able to tell, I am having huge difficulty making up my mind! [sic]

See Also:

• BBC News: �300 price tag on ID cards ‘mad’
• Murky.org: ID Cards to cost 300 quid
• NO2ID: ID cards to cost �300 per person?
• Tim Worstall: The Cost of ID Cards

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