ID cards

I fail to understand the Tories on this (mind you - if I had ever understood the Tories I would have joined them).
So what do you think of a party which starts off by opposing ID cards.
The Leader then makes a strong case that his party will support ID cards (strangely at odds with his Shadow Home Secretary).
Finally - when it comes to the crunch - they abstain!

Three different positions in almost as many months - and they wonder why people have so little faith in them as a party.