Arphid Watch: scrapping the British ID card

*Looks like "elections have consequences."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/27/theresa-may-scrapping-id-cards

"The £4.5bn national identity card scheme is to be scrapped within 100 days, the home secretary, Theresa May, announced today.

"The 15,000 identity cards already issued are to be cancelled without any refund of the £30 fee to holders within a month of the legislation reaching the statute book. (((Maybe you can sell those 15,000 cards to tech collectors for thirty pounds...