Sharper CCTV images are needed so shots of suspected criminals can be matched to the proposed identity card database, a Home Office minister has said.

Now we begin to come to the real reason why the Home Office (and the Government) were so desperate in having their oh-so-precious ID Cards Act. They want to use CCTV with facial recognition and sharper images along with the Stasi database National Identity Register to spy on fundamentally innocent people while the detritus of society are allowed to continue their wrongdoing at their leisure. Quelle surprise!

The people who run this fucking country, honestly.