UK ID card pledge drive.

[reddragdiva]

From autopope (Charlie Stross):

'Phil Booth 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.'

Support them by signing up now. It'll only take a few seconds, and is free.

http://www.pledgebank.com/refuse

If you don't understand why I think resisting the government's plans for biometric ID cards are important, the No2ID campaign website should explain everything. And if you know all that but don't understand why having a legal defense fund is a good idea, you haven't thought through the Home Office plans to make refusal to register for an ID card a civil offense. Clue: £10 pledged now is cheaper than a £2500 fine in two or three years' time.

Do feel free to put this on your own journal as well.

(I expect my German readers to wonder what the fuss is about. It's because you have silly little things like constitutional protections and so forth. The UK attempt is notably hamfisted and will be an expensive disaster in all directions.)

Comments

[shamus9999.livejournal.com]

We have a constitution here in the US too, for all the good it does us lately. At least the judicial branch of our government seems to still be doing their jobs properly, declaring laws unconstitutional when cases come before the judges.

[themadcatlady.livejournal.com]

It will most definitely be a disaster, just like trying to introduce a "dog licence" a few years back.

What I wanna know is, can I support this when I'm NOT in the UK? I haven't bothered looking at the links yet, so you tell me.

[reddragdiva]

You're a German national living in (technically) Spain. I'm not sure what rules would apply to you as an EU national visiting the UK, or if you lived here again.

They fucked up dog licenses?? That takes remarkable talent.

[themadcatlady.livejournal.com]

Erm, I don't know either actually. I lost my German ID card years ago and never re-applied cause I was living in the UK.... mmmh. I really don't know.... (???)

[angharad.livejournal.com]

I love how we never had a choice about "our" ID-cards.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Did you hear about how they snuck RFID-enabled national IDs into the War Bill?