Iceland: Another supermarket on our 'we won't shop there then' list

Earlier this week, we wrote about why we would not be shopping at Sainsburys supermarkets because of their policy of challenging anyone who looks under 25 to prove their identity when buying cigarettes or alcohol.

Our view was that the legal age is eighteen.

We've seen under eighteens challenged, then under 21's, now under 25's... and we suspect they'll aim for under 30's next.

We also expressed the view that we found it difficult to not think this is in some way linked to nasty New Labour's despised compulsory biometric identity cards and the sinister database behind it. Our view is that, even if entirely independent, this scheme was at least convenient to ZaNuLiebour's would-be total police state.

So, imagine our surprise to have noted today that... Iceland supermarkets also have the same 'Challenge 25' policy.

Two supermarkets running the exact same bizarre age challenging policy? We are starting to feel a conspiracy theory coming.

At some point in the next few days, we'll have a look at the other main supermarkets and we'll let you know if they're operating the same entirely unnecessary identity demanding schemes too.

This blog author supports the No2ID campaign. We also support those young people who will be effected. They should not have to live in a constant police state. We can help them - by not shopping at those stores with such a ridiculous identity policy which - rightly or wrongly - we suspect has something to do with compulsory biometric identity cards.

As we say, it's a policy that is at least 'convenient' to the architects of the British police state.

Do us all good to shop at small independent retailers anyway...