NO2ID Newsletter

the NO2ID campaigne newsletter is out, and thanks to the upcoming election the ID cards bill will not go through this Parliment, so the current battle has been won. But the war to retain our freedom is far from over. The newsletter contains a nice description of what the ID card actually is

"'An ID card is basically an internal passport. It gives the authorities huge power to control our future movements and other things. It will irretrievably alter the balance between the citizen and the state. Millions have died defending our freedoms. Just because we are frightened of some terrorist attacks, we should not throw away those freedoms lightly.'"

This is ignoring the facts that it will be hugely expensive, and have no effect what so ever on the varrious things that are used as excuses for it's introduction. We will trash another tranche of civil liberties, freedom of movement, for vast expence and no benefit.