And another supermarket in on the act

So far this week, this blog has noted how Sainsbury's and Iceland supermarkets have in place policies challenging under 25's for identity if they want to buy cigarettes or alcohol.

We've noted that the legal age to purchase such things is eighteen.

We've noted that 25 seems a strange and over-the-top age to challenge until.

We've noted that - at best - such policies are "convenient" to ZaNuLiebour and their bid to impose compulsory biometric identity cards on an unwilling nation.

We've asserted that it could be viewed as part of a "mission creep" bid to make sure as many people as possible become regimented into viewing demands for identity as very normal - and not in any way draconian.

Yesterday, we were in a Co-Op Food supermarket. And guess what? They ALSO have a policy to challenge the under 25's.

Are you spotting a pattern here?

Question is - do we believe that these supermarkets have all independently sat down and arrived at the same policy? Why 25? Why not 24? Or a reasonably sensible 21? Or 18 as the statute books demand?

Independent and co-incidental policy matches - or something more co-ordinated?

And as they keep on lifting the barrier, how long will it be before under 30's are routinely challenged for identity to make store purchases?

We'll keep on checking all the supermarkets and seeing what policies they have.

And we'll keep on increasing our shopping at independent stores in response.

This blog author is way over the age where we are likely to be challenged. But this blog author is a libertarian. And this blog author can see signs of "mission creep" trends in these exact same policies.