Scottish 'bus pass' scandal – ID cards through the back door
Early in 2006 the Scottish Executive introduced national identity cards into Scotland for the first time in fifty-four years.
Disgracefully, it did this by conning the most vulnerable members of society – the elderly and the disabled – into believing that they were merely being given a new kind of bus pass.
And most shockingly of all it did this in total secrecy and by going behind the back of the Scottish Parliament.
The new ID cards, backed up by a centralised database, are so intrusive that they would be forbidden in Germany.
Trojan Horse
Dr John Welford, NO2ID Edinburgh co-ordinator and a pensioner, made these findings while applying for one of the new so-called 'bus passes'.
Having returned his ID card to be destroyed he is now spearheading a campaign to abolish this 'Trojan Horse' Scottish ID card.
John Welford's campaign over the Scottish National Entitlement Card