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Story: Home Office proclaims security of ID cards scheme

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60% in favour & 50% against ??!

"Asked if the government had gauged public opinion on identity cards, Hillier said the latest official findings were that 60 percent of citizens were in favour."

However, the link under this text goes to an article that says:

"According to an ICM poll, 25 percent of those surveyed thought it was a "very bad" idea [..] 50 percent said the cards were a bad idea in the ICM poll, 47 percent of those questioned still thought they were a good idea. And 12 percent of that group thought they were a "very good" idea."

Either the author is pointing out that she got her maths wrong .. "no = 50%" + "yes = 60%" equates to "110% of those polled expressed an opinion" ... the author has linked to an article about a different survey ... or the article linked to has the ICM numbers wrong.

Inquiring minds etc .... :)

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