Millions will defy ID scheme

10 November 2007

NO2ID [1] this morning applauded Baroness Shirley Williams’ declaration of non-cooperation [2] with the government’s ID card scheme.

Baroness Williams’ statements follow promises by both candidates for the Liberal Democrat leadership [3] to refuse to comply with the scheme – a commitment already made by over 11,000 people in NO2ID’s 2005 pledge [4].

Phil Booth, NO2ID's National Coordinator, said:

"Every independent poll indicates that tens of millions oppose the government’s deeply unpopular ID plans, and that millions will defy the scheme. The government clearly intends to force people onto the ID database when they renew their passport [5], but this sort of coercion will prompt even greater civil disobedience – on a scale not seen since the Poll Tax.”

-ENDS-

Notes for editors:

1) 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.

2) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7088315.stm - ‘Peer ready to defy ID law’, BBC News, 10/100/07

3) http://politics.guardian.co.uk/libdems/story/0,,2202171,00.html - ‘Clegg vows to defy ID cards law’, Guardian, 31/10/07 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7071066.stm:

“Mr Huhne said he would match Mr Clegg's promise to lead a campaign against ID card legislation, pointing out that he had long promoted civil liberties.”

4) http://www.pledgebank.com/refuse - the successful pledge, "I will refuse to register for an ID card and will donate £10 to a legal defence fund but only if 10,000 other people will also make this same pledge", launched at the beginning of July 2005 and gained 11,361 signatories (1,361 over target).

5) Tens of thousands renewed their passports early in May 2006, the moth that NO2ID launched its ‘Renew For Freedom’ campaign: http://www.renewforfreedom.org

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


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