Grayling slams "absurd fudge" over ID cards

Chris Grayling warned that the Government’s decision not to make ID cards compulsory makes them even more of a “white elephant”.

Alan Johnson, Labour’s Home Secretary, announced today that the public will not be forced to carry an ID card.

Chris, the Shadow Home Secretary, stressed, "If this system is not going to be compulsory...what is the point of it?"

And he said the decision was “symbolic of a Government in chaos”:

"They have spent millions on the scheme so far. The Home Secretary (Alan Johnson) thinks it has been a waste and wants to scrap it, but the Prime Minister won't let him. So we end up with an absurd fudge instead. This is no way to run the country."

Chris added that spending millions on a scheme such as this “makes no sense at all”, stressing, “This is a project that nobody wants and the nation can’t afford."