Thursday
(1)I implied here that I would let Samizdata readers know when a new, more inclusive ;) anti-ID-card pledge was up and running. It is now.
We are lucky to have the charming former stand-up Franky Ma as the pledge leader. As the covers of more consumer magazines, in more countries, than it is comfortable to imagine attest, you cannot go far wrong associating an attractive young woman with your product.
You can give your word to support the nearly 11,000 ID refuseniks here and you can support NO2ID itself, as ever, here.
Whilst you Brits spend time de-crying national ID cards, I am wondering who is working to stop, hurt, perhaps kill, or at least charge this man with treason as his impact on old England makes the ID card concept look like childs play. A re-alignment of focus may help create progress.(Link)
Listen to the speeches of a man who represents your fellow "citizens"(?)
Posted by Pato at August 4, 2005 10:33 PM
I read that already, though not on LGF.
Galloway is filth, truly. I do wonder just what treason even is these days.
High treason is still on the books, Galloway is no better than Lord Haw Haw, and they hung him.
Posted by The Last Toryboy at August 5, 2005 12:09 AM
Harry's Place is appalled, of course, but even the leftier types are coming round, like a good friend of mine at Crooked Timber.
At least resisting ID cards makes a change from Al-Jazeera demagoguery or nanny statism.
I believe no one can hang for treason these days as Britain has signed the ECHR.
Posted by Ian at August 5, 2005 12:29 AM
Loathsome as Galloway is, please stay on-topic.
Posted by Samizdata Admin at August 5, 2005 01:00 AM
Apparently Tom McNulty, who is the minister responsible for bringing in ID cards, has admitted that the benefits have been "overemphasised", and predicted that he thought that any Bill introduced to make carrying them compulsory would be blocked by the Lords.
I notice David Davis was onto him immediately as well. Good man.
Posted by The Last Toryboy at August 5, 2005 11:08 AM
I don't think it's a good idea to identify oneself as being anti-government. It only gets their attention. The best idea is to get into a situation where you don't have to rely on an ID card in order to survive and prosper.
Posted by Robert Speirs at August 5, 2005 01:44 PM
Samiz admin - wake up to today's real news.
Staying off-topic, Tony Blair has just published a 12 point plan to counter terrorist activites. I think he has been reading Samizdata.
(here it is)
Posted by pommygranate at August 5, 2005 03:38 PM
The best idea is to get into a situation where you don't have to rely on an ID card in order to survive and prosper.
Quite. Which is the point of doing something to stop state control of ID--it's much, much more than a card--coming about in the first place.
Posted by guy herbert at August 6, 2005 08:19 AM
