lectrolove Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Is anyone here involved with the NO2ID campaign locally or even know if the Sheffield group is active? There's a Sheffield contact listed on the NO2ID website but when I tried mailing them I got no response. Cheers for any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
367squadron Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Is anyone here involved with the NO2ID campaign locally or even know if the Sheffield group is active? There's a Sheffield contact listed on the NO2ID website but when I tried mailing them I got no response. Cheers for any info. Out of interest, what is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmark Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 The NO2ID campaign is an attempt to stop the government introducing identity cards to the UK. As usual spin obsessed New Labour has decided that this will go ahead without any consultation with us the public who will have to carry them (or be criminalised) and pay for them. They tell us it is important to stop terroism despite no evidence of this and plenty of evidence against (Spain where terrorists bomb trains has ID cards) and to stop identity theft even though it will actually make it easier because the thieves will only need to pinch one bit of data ie the ID card. The cost is the thing that will probably prevent the ID cards being introduced but it won't stop a lot of money being wasted in the attempt. There are people involved locally in NO2ID though I'm not sure how to contact them, you could look at the Sheffield Indymedia web site for clues or e-mail the Matilda list if it is still going and ask there (matilda@lists.aktivix.org) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEKRO138 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Said it before on this forum, but if UK gets ID cards, I will seriously consider moving to another country. They will be the beginning of the end to this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuff Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Said it before on this forum, but if UK gets ID cards, I will seriously consider moving to another country. They will be the beginning of the end to this country. Why is that? Can't see a problem at all myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris@25 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Why is that? Can't see a problem at all myself. Here are a few: http://www.no2id.net/IDSchemes/whyNot.php and this latest brainwave from Blair (is it just me or does he look as loony as Thatcher did in her last year or so?): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5301824.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Said it before on this forum, but if UK gets ID cards, I will seriously consider moving to another country. They will be the beginning of the end to this country. Bye, bye then!! Seriously, the UK has had ID cards before so what's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Bye, bye then!! Seriously, the UK has had ID cards before so what's the problem? It's an infringement on civil liberties for starters. Why the hell should I have to prove who I am by carrying an I.D. card? And face the risk of prosecution if I don't? I know who I am and I can prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuff Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 It's an infringement on civil liberties for starters. Why the hell should I have to prove who I am by carrying an I.D. card? And face the risk of prosecution if I don't? I know who I am and I can prove it. You could prove it quicker if you had an ID card though! I really don't see a problem with them at all. As long as the data is secure, everything will be fine. How often do you really think you'll be asked to produce it, as an (I'm assuming) law-biding citizen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I'm also one of those who can't understand the fuss. OK, so an identity card isn't going to stop fraud and terrorism 100% but if it stops some, surely that's better than none? Considering I've rarely been asked for ID (just the once when I messed up my signature when paying for something by credit card, and I was lucky to have my photo driving licence to hand), I cannot see how having a little card in my wallet is an infringement of my civil liberties any more than the other cards do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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