17 June 2008
The Prime Minister's response to the debate about civil liberties sparked by David Davis's resignation is to give a speech on 'Security and Liberty' to an invited audience in order to repeat the same unsubstantiated assertions he has made before about policies, and seeking once more to link the unpopular National Identity Scheme to anti-terrorism measures.
Phil Booth, NO2ID National Coordinator, said:
"Perhaps Gordon Brown simply doesn't get IT. He says he is satisfied the ID scheme 'minimises information', when the reverse is the case - it is designed as a mass-surveillance scheme like nothing else on earth.
"Terrorism is a complete red herring. But on this showing, the question has to be how much ministers have deliberately misled the public, and how much they have misled themselves. Who in government has got a clue?"
-ENDS-
Notes for editors:
1) http://image.guardian.co.uk
- Gordon Brown's IPPR speech in full.
2) NO2ID is the UK-wide non-partisan campaign against ID cards and the database state. Scroll down http://www.no2id.net for a list of 'database state' initiatives that NO2ID is actively opposing.
For further information, or for immediate or future interview, please contact
Phil Booth (National Co-ordinator, national.coordinator@no2id.net) on 07974 230 839
Guy Herbert (General Secretary, general.secretary@no2id.net) on 07956 544 308, or
Michael Parker (Press Officer, press.officer@no2id.net) on 07773 376 166.
The NO2ID Campaign
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