I don't get scared much but this is something to make any man tremble in his boots.

Will every governmental agency have access? We feel creating a national ID system opens the door to government surveillance of your activities. The database may also be fraught with errors.

Our stand is that the national ID would diminish the freedom and privacy of law-abiding citizens. Just as an example, Social Security numbers were initially supposed to be used to administer the nation's retirement program and look at all the abuses there now.

Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have been changed by his election. Obama's inauguration is a historic global achievement, a major milestone in the journey of a powerful nation.

There are some days when history is made. Yesterday was one - and I was honoured to be in Washington to watch Barack Obama being sworn in. During his soaring inaugural address, the new president gazed over a teeming National Mall that was crowded with more than a million people.

Chesterfield, 1, Chester, 1. Another score draw in that local derby.