HL you have to read and think through my reply SLOWLY and consider its implications
Well in its extreme form you can find that the burocracy will get to the point that if you have NOT got your card you wont be allowed access to stuff like healthcare, access to public buildings and public transport because the authorities use your card to record all your movements. Equally you find that to buy things like air rifles , archery gear, militaria, even bottles of calor gas or bags of fertiliser unless you produce your ID card so the state can see what things you have bought that could link you to " Terrorist or radical groups".
( all of those have been suggested in the EU by the way)
So imagine THEY deem you a RADICAL or ENEMY OF THE STATE or a CRIMINAL or a TERRORIST, OK so far, now DEFINE " terrorist" or "radical" or even a simple CRIMINAL. For example if you are a strong christian and object to say gay rights or halal meat being served in schools, and say the labour zealots deem you a bigot and a RADICAL, so they list you as a radical or extremist on the national system. Instantly your right to travel on public transport is blocked, your internet access is cut off, your no longer allowed to buy militaria or knives, guns etc, your no longer allowed into schools, social workers are dispatched to see if you are radicalising your kids / grand kids, you are banned from working in the public sector and your gun licences are revoked. the local council and police are informed automatically that your address and all who live there are radicals or known associates.
What happens if you try to buy survivalist and prepper books off Amazon US or Ebay that are flagged as being prohbited ?
What happens when you take out an online subscription to a gun magazine or radical political monthly?
Think this through slowly Sir.
Now define a CRIMINAL ? its someone the STATE decides is a known law breaker who will not live within the law, that law could be as simple as an equality law, or a law requiring you to be in a trade union ( spit) or a party member , or even the guy who travelled to London to protest again the Poll Tax, Illegal war in Iraq, Student fees etc. Your on the system and every time you swipe your ID card through a machine the burocrats / cops can read the red flags.
" I'm sorry Sir your ID card prohibits you from this swimming pool as there are children here"
" I'm sorry Sir I cannot sell you a plane ticket as you are red flagged"
" I'm sorry Sir your not allowed onto this London train until AFTER the protest march is over"
" I'm sorry Sir you are prohibited from buying those books as they are deemed radical"
" I'm sorry Sir you cannot apply for this job as you are red flagged"
" I'm sorry Sir you are prohibited from working in this sector"
Biometric ID card systems automatically assume you are guilty and should be monitored, recorded, watched and controlled by unelected civil servants, computers, cops with an IQ of 20, The council, the government, the NHS etc.
What happens when getting your third parking ticket in a year lists you as an ANTI SOCIAL RADICAL ? ( button pushed)
What happens when your cheque for Council tax gets missed and you go in arrears ( button pushed)
What happens when you order bulk batteries / 5000 air rifle pellets / 6 months supplies of food/ an NBC suit !!!! (button pushed)
Remember those folks flagged as trouble makers and fined for not sorting out their recyclable waste or refusing to pay their inflated council tax bills, dont forget Labour had no qualms about sending at least three pensioners to prison for not paying their council tax ( Flagged as criminals and radicals) Remember Labour wanting to lock up radicals, anti social elements, criminals and terror suspects for up to 3 months without charge, trial or representation ??
I think I see a light bulb flickering into life in the highlands of Scotland