NO2ID

[John Welford]

A case of stolen identity?

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Among his arguments for encouraging us all to vote Labour, Kevin Hutchens [prospective Labour candidate for Angus] includes free bus passes for pensioners (Your Issue, 756). As a pensioner myself, the issue of free bus passes represents a most compelling argument for never voting for Labour again.

For whether Hutchens realises it or not, Labour has disgracefully used pensioner bus passes (and also the Young Scot card for school students) to test and advance its controversial ID cards agenda in Scotland. And to do this by stealth. The approved name for the pensioner bus pass is in fact the National Entitlement Card.

But in truth the proper name for such a card is National Identity Card. Indeed, the intrusive properties of Scotland’s so-called “bus pass” are so advanced that these cards would not be permitted as ID cards in other European countries, such as Germany.

The other Holyrood parties (apart from the Greens), seem to be little concerned about the gross deception of the Scottish people that has been taking place. But given that Labour no longer holds power at Holyrood, it really is about time that all the other Scottish parties worked together to rid us of these Trojan Horse ID cards.

While they all claim to be strongly anti-ID card, they are sitting on their hands and doing absolutely nothing.

Dr John Welford
Edinburgh, co-ordinator of the NO2ID campaign
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