What could Arrivederci’s Army possibly want or need to suppress, what with this being such an eminently sensible idea, executed so well, by such competent and clever people?
The government has been ordered to publish two reviews into the ID cards scheme after a four-year battle.
“Gateway” reviews are carried out on government projects by independent assessors who look at their progress and likely success.
The government has been fighting Freedom of Information attempts to get the reviews into the controversial scheme published.
It argues that confidentiality is essential to the reviews’ process.
But in a judgement published on Friday, the Information Tribunal – which hears appeals against FOI rulings – ordered both reports be disclosed within 28 days.