I have my own views regarding the UK’s fad towards Identity Cards – which I will post at a later date – plus I am an Economist print subscriber, because I consider it to be essential bathroom material for a sunday morning soak.

But: for those of you who are not, by seraching for Barrington and Identity on [news.google.com] yields the following URL:

[www.economist.com]

…the statistics regarding which I find astonishing, in a I presume the questions were phrased to permit people to please the questioner manner.

Here’s a tip: every person alive should read the following book:

How to Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff [www.amazon.com]

…a short tome, after reading which you will never again look at the results of a survey in the same way.