The Left Don’t Even Want ID Cards

Never mind the argument of liberty, that has already been won in the hearts and minds of the British people when it comes to the mass database and control of a central ID card system. The left have been greatly in favour of trampling on individual liberty and increasing the amount of pies the state can finger. Yet following twitter today reveals a different objection to ID cards from them. They see that money could be better used in other areas, favouring education as a prominent example.

I’m somewhat shocked at their apparent realisation that not everything is possible, that money and wealth are actually required to get things done; that the wealth of a nation matters.

Alcohol Policy Strikes Again

I posted previously about Tesco’s ridiculous alcohol policy enforcement. I argued that a 40 year old man with his daughter would not get the same treatment as us students experience, with the demanding of ID from everyone not just the purchaser. It appears Asda have got that one step further and ID’ed a 15 year old child because her father was buying a bottle of wine! You can read more about it here.

This needs stopping it’s absolutely ridiculous. There is no law against you purchasing alcohol whilst with another person whom doesn’t hold ID or is not of age.

Tesco Alcohol Freedom, or Lack Of

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while. Generally if a big shop is required a few of us go together in a vehicle. Contrary to what student life might have you believe, alcohol isn’t purchased on every occasion. We just buy lots when there’s a special offer on! Sometimes only half or one of us will purchase alcohol, and the rest will simply be shopping for food. It’s during this circumstance where Tesco’s policy on alcoholic purchases becomes an authoritarian law unto itself. If the individual buying the drink looks under 25 then they’re ID’ed, which is fair enough, we have laws in this country that stop under 18’s from purchasing alcohol. Tesco extend this policy to anybody you’re with! If there are four people doing four different shops and all paying separately, they all must provide identification or the customer cannot go through with his or her transaction.

I cannot fathom the reasoning behind it. All the policy serves to do is inconvenience legitimate customers. Let’s pretend there’s a bunch of teenagers, one is old enough and is purchasing alcohol, the others are not of age and they plan to go out of the store and get lashed on the streets of Hull. To bypass this policy all they need to do is send the person of legal age to the checkout. It’s no skin off their nose attending different tills, after all they’re not old enough anyway. The policy doesn’t work.

If a 40 year old man with his 13 year old daughter came to purchase alcohol, again I doubt there would be any problem. No ID would be required as the gentleman is clearly over the age of 18, and yet evidently the child is not old enough but must not produce identification. Why are groups being treated differently? As far as I’m aware the contract is between the customer and the supermarket, not whomever the customer might have arrived at the store with. If said customer decides to purchase alcohol so that under 18’s can get drunk on the streets then that is for the police to deal with, not for Tesco to attempt, and fail as mentioned earlier, to enforce.

Blogging light

I’ve not blogged much lately. Some say it’s because I’ve not had anything exciting to talk about, others just think I’ve been lazy. I’ve recently purchased an iPhone, along with Wordpress and Twitter applications which should result in a lot more updates from me! If you’re not already following me on Twitter, you should! You’ll be notified of all the latest blog entries as well as the exciting cut and thrust of my day to day life.