Compulsory by stealth

So the plan becomes clear....they reckon we will all (well, 80%) have some form of biometric identity data by 2008 anyway. It will end up being more convenient to pay the Government for their identity card because otherwise it will be a nightmare trying to do anything. Big businesses, banks and government will make it so hard for us to go about our lives without them that we'll see them as a great blessing.

And then, of course, why should it matter if they're compulsory as everyone's got them....