NO2ID campaigners caught up with the Home Office's charm offensive roadshow to promote ID cards at Bristol yesterday. And BBC cameras were on hand to catch Dave Gould, No2ID's Bristol coordinator asking minister Andy Burnham awkward questions.
Initially one of the minister's minders tried to prevent the BBC filming the questioning when the NO2ID folks turned up, having been previously happy for them to film the minister saying fingerprints and eye scans would help "the citizen secure their own personal identity."
As the reporter says, "just as the hardsell was in full swing," the campaigers showed up and spoiled the show. It's a shame it didn't get on the national news. I wonder how much spin doctoring was done to prevent that?
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