You Can Take 1984 and Shove It...

So I just googled for "Home office ID cards"

And I get this:



So I click, and this happens:



I understand this is part of the new Freedom/Great Repeal Bill, detailed here which includes:

• The scrapping of ID card scheme, the National Identity register, the next generation of biometric passports and the Contact Point Database.
  
  
• Outlawing the finger-printing of children at school without parental permission.
  
  
• The extension of the scope of the Freedom of Information Act to provide greater transparency.
  
  
• Adopting the protections of the Scottish model for the DNA database.
  
  
• The protection of historic freedoms through the defence of trial by jury.
  
  
• The restoration of rights to non-violent protest.
  
  
• The review of libel laws to protect freedom of speech.
  
  
• Safeguards against the misuse of anti-terrorism legislation.
  
  
• Further regulation of CCTV.
  
  
• Ending of storage of internet and email records without good reason.
  
  
• A new mechanism to prevent the proliferation of unnecessary new criminal offences.

Also posted at http://auntysarah.dreamwidth.org/240335.html - you can comment here or there.