'There is no gene for the human spirit': Tony "If it's OK for me, it must be OK for everyone, right?" Blair voluntarily gave a sample of his own DNA in 1999, and the UK now has the world's largest database of DNA samples - about 3.7 million, with a significant percentage of those obtained from completely innocent people including children, with no prospect of their removal. A respected Appeals Court Judge he may be, but the future Lord Justice Sedley actually wants for the UK is chilling, though thankfully ruled out (at least for now). Will one of m'learned friends please lend him their copy of Brazil.