The media would like you to think so, so would the Bush administration and various other government worldwide who don't want to rock the status quo but looking at this graph and realising what it means is damn scary ( Read more... )

Say no to 42 days detention without charge.

I've seen this before, when there was a Norwich meeting about ID cards a year or two ago but I saw this on guruphil's journal and was reminded of it, thought there might be some people interested in it.

It's the official government released video on ID cards, but redubbed by NO2ID.

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I hate reading about the government throwing away money. Of course the alternative is to not read and be ignorant, but I care too much to be that. I just goggle at the coast and how much better spent that'd be on the NHS, education, the police - on paying teachers and nurses and fireman etc decent salaries they can live off. I suppose more money ( Read more... )

...why? Because we're getting ID card's quite possibly. They're 'voluntary' until 2010, you can opt out but presumably still pay the same amount for a new passport as if you had one with ID card included, and it appears everyone will get their details held for the database even if they're not getting an ID card ( Read more... )

Scarily all that stands between the UK having ID cards seems to be mainly the House of Lords ( Read more... )

People have probably seen this kind of thing before, but this one is new hence the linkage.

Loose Change - a 1hr 21 minutes 9/11 documentary by Korey Rowe, Dylan Avery & Jason Bermas ( Read more... )