Whatto! Peeps...
The idea was bulldozed into existence by the wasteful Labour Government, who couldn't seem to see the massive financial mess they were creating.....
Now it's just one of a long line of expensive ideas that have fallen under the axe of spending cuts, along with other cost saving programmes (currently referred to as 'decommissioning') such as Care centres for Alzheimer's sufferers, RAF trainee pilots, council admin workers etc etc.
But giving ID cards the boot is going to cost YOU money.....
...because more than £2.25m of YOUR taxes is going to be paid out in compensation .
And everyone involved in this ridiculous scheme will be compensated, except those idiots - like David Blunkett - who spent £30 each buying an ID card and has even threatened to sue the Government for compensation to get HIS money back......
......which was OUR money because he would have claimed back the cost through MP expenses anyway!
Costs ramp up
The £2.25m bill comes down to the costs of having to cancel contracts. More than £2 million will end up in the hands of information systems firm Thales. £183,000 passes to technology firm 3M while Cable & Wireless will be better off by £68,000.Perhaps we should send this £2.2m bill back to Mr David Blunkett, the MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough to settle? After all it was Blunkett who originally raised the concept of compulsory ID cards, a program that could have costed the country £9bn had the ConDems not decided to ditch them......but Oh No!....I forgot............
They're allowed to squander millions of pounds of taxpayers money......
....because they are MPs!
Tallyho!
Best Wishes - Lord Noel