NO2ID

[John Welford]

Compulsory ID is on the cards

by Mark Howarth

http://www.jwelford.demon.co.uk/snec/article.pdf

This article throws down the gauntlet to Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond. It urges him to enter the stage for his Braveheart moment, and give a shout for "freedom" for the Scots from Westminster's ID card surveillance agenda - and for putting an end to Scotland's role as "England's lab rat". It will also be used as a launching pad for a NO2ID Scotland demonstration on Tuesday outside the Scottish Parliament, calling for the return of the free bus pass and the abolition of Scotland's ID (so-called "entitlement") card.

Never been one for conspiracy theories. JFK, 9/11, the Queen Mum's a 12-foot lizard etc. But here's something that will set your paranoia buzzing. It's called Section 57. This nasty piece of law is buried away in the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act. Whatever that is.

But just see what frightening powers the Executive has awarded itself here. In short, they can now seek out, store and pass on any information about you that they want. And I mean ANY. Your debts, politics, sex life, what you buy at Tesco. Friends, phonecalls and favourite websites. Even the latest tittle-tattle about you from the pub gossip. And there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

Ladies and gentlemen, we've just out-KGB'd the KGB...

So what's going on? FACT: Labour want us all to have compulsory ID cards. And if they can trick the Scots into having them - using Section 57 and cuddly "entitlement cards" instead - they reckon they can con the rest. That's why London's watching these events unfold in Scotland so very carefully. Still think I'm nuts?...

And when it comes to ID cards - just like the poll tax - it's obvious who England's lab rat is. So how much does Scotland love her liberty? Is freedom just a 90-minute big-screen bunk-up with an Australian actor? Or does our Braveheart FM Alex Salmond actually have the balls to tell London the show's over? Let's find out.

If Section 57 is all a big whoopsy-daisy, then we can sort it out. Holyrood can scrap it...

But how come Jack McConnell's Executive managed to leave Section 57 out of not one but TWO public consultations? Just happened to mislead two Holyrood committees as well? Somehow drafted the legislation so badly, the safeguards are about as butch as Larry Grayson's PJs?

And then - oops! - forgot to tell us that they've now got the skeleton key to all our closets ... even though it's been on the lawbooks for a year.

But like I say, I'm not a great one for conspiracy theories. So it must just be coincidence, eh? Whatever the truth, Section 57 is in the building. Let's make its visit a short one. While we still can.
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John
http://www.jwelford.demon.co.uk/