No to ID Cards - at all

Actually not my comments, but that of Nick Clegg who aspires to be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats at Westminster.

It seems that whilst Nick Clegg does not want ID cards he is also calling on Lib Dem Councils "to ensure that no local public services require an identity card".

Erm, no identity cards, at all? Does that mean that council staff in Lib Dem councils are no longer wearing ID cards? I guess any Lib Dem councillor visiting a school, a children's centre, a home, are not going to wear ID cards, that council workers calling on the elderly to do repairs will not be wearing or producing ID cards? And of course, I presume at the Lib Dem gatherings that their members at the conferences will no longer be wanting to wear ID badges?

And this idea of a people's veto and referendums? How two-faced can you get?

Both Clegg and Chris Hulme have come out against a referendum on Europe. And, much as we may agree on areas of civil liberties, given some of the views of people after 9/11 and the London Transport bombings, the Lib Dems will find themselves having to enact policies that some of them would find hard to accept. And how about a referendum on the reintroduction of the death penalty and leaving Europe, both of which the Lib Dem, because if there were referendums we'd have hanging back and be out of Europe.

This shows why the Lib Dems cannot be trusted to be in power and why they will not win power. You can't have it both ways, well unless you're a Lib Dem I suppose...