Our World Our Say, the campaigning organisation set up to give people a voice and enable true democracy, has launched a campaign to declare Britain an ID Card Free Zone.
http://www.owos.info
“How do you feel about an ID card scheme being foisted on the British people that even George Bush described as too ‘illiberal’ when a similar scheme was proposed in the US?
If you’re not sure where you stand on ID cards please still take a minute to read on because there’s a lot we’re not being told by the Government.
The fact is this is not just about a simple identity card: it is actually more about a national surveillance infrastructure – called the National Identity Register – based on the most comprehensive database of personal information ever devised in any country. It could even include the police DNA database, GCHQ electronic surveillance database and phone & internet surfing records.
This database lies behind the ID card scheme. It is nothing like the ID card this country had in the war and is wider in scope than any other European ID card – it is more like schemes adopted in very authoritarian countries, where the police have access to the personal details of every citizen.”
Go to http://www.owos.info/idcardfreezone/action.php.
“In Australia, in New Zealand and in Canada voters have rejected such a scheme. We must do the same here in Britain.
It will enable all state bodies and even commercial organisations to access a whole raft of information about who we are and what we do. Right through our life every action through officialdom will be recorded. You and I will have little control over the use of this data.
It may be too illiberal for the US but Home Secretary Charles Clarke and Tony Blair clearly think it’s not too illiberal for Britain. You and I must prove them wrong.
In the early stages the scheme will be voluntary – but you won’t be able to work, you won’t be able to access the health service and you won’t be able to get a passport without becoming part of the scheme. And the government has admitted that the scheme will become compulsory.”
