5 November 2007
Amidst reports and denials that the Prime Minister is about to scrap ID
cards for all [1], NO2ID [2] this morning called his decision to delay their
introduction due to ‘concerns about the technology’ as mere political
manoeuvring.
Rising costs, slipping schedules [3] and growing public and political
opposition to the scheme has made it into a potato too hot to handle for a
Prime Minister desperate to seem less authoritarian than his predecessor.
Phil Booth, NO2ID's National Coordinator, said:
"If the technology won't work for Brits, why the government still trying to
flog it as an 'immigration cure'? Could it be they actually know that the
interrogations and official bullying involved are likely to be unpopular and
want to put them off until after the next general election?"
-ENDS-
Notes for editors:
1) http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk
lans-98487-20058224/
- ‘Brown scraps ID card plans’, Sunday Mirror, 4/11/07
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.
3) http://news.independent.co.uk
plan behind schedule and soaring in cost, say critics’, Independent, 5/11/07
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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London W1H 1PJ
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