Is to put a an RFID into everyone. To do this they will be using a ZX spectrum (see Wikipedia you young 'uns) coupled with an old Roberts Radio lovingly inserted into ones rectum. Tin foil hat anyone ?

Surely it's tin-foil pants you'd want in that situation.

From a government that cant organise a piss up in a brewery & changes virtually every facet of reality with some freshly devised statistics to demonstrate the complete opposite of whats really required.

Well, actually I expected a rash of knee jerk legislation, introducing new 'tough' laws to replace the perfectly good existing ones that weren't followed in any case.

The fact that they might do nothing other than (quite sensibly) review their procedures is actually quite refreshing in the context of the current apparat.

Sad, but true.

Once all the data is in the public, HM Gov. will push the ID card as "The ONLY guarantee your identity is secure" and we'll all become Winston Smith of Oceania.