NO2ID Launch e-Petition

[Owen Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

(Apologies for press releasing to the list, but I figured this may be of
interest to many on here, as might the UK ID Cards list, at
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ukidcards )

NO2ID Launch e-Petition

NO2ID has today launched an e-Petition under Cabinet Office rules at
www.no2id-petition.net to ask for the withdrawal of the forthcoming ID
legislation.

Members of civil liberties and privacy groups, and opponents of The Home
Secretary's proposals across the UK, are encouraged to add their
signature to the petition - and to spread its URL far and wide. The
e-Petition will be submitted in time for the Queen's Speech, and will
once and for all put a lie to Mssrs. Blunket and Blair's public
assertions that there are 'no longer any significant civil liberties
concerns' with the scheme.

Mark Littlewood, national co-ordinator of the NO2ID coalition against
identity cards said:

"With opinion polls showing that up to 4m British citizens are
absolutely opposed to identity cards, the government risks further
alienating a substantial part of the electorate. A backlash on the scale
of the anti-war or pro-hunting lobbies is becoming more likely with
every step the Home Office take forward. One can only hope that common
sense prevails and that David Blunkett's opponents in the Cabinet and in
Parliament block this ludicrous scheme. If they do not, a major campaign
against identity cards will be fought in every corner of the United
Kingdom."

Notes to editors

NO2ID is the cross-party, umbrella campaign against the introduction of
identity cards in Britain. For more information see www.no2id.net

For further information or to arrange an interview, please contact
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Thanks,


Owen
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Owen Blacker
Technical Manager, No2ID Coalition

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