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Scarborough and Whitby Liberal DemocratsCouncillors Brian Simpson, Geoff Evans, Johan Zegstrooneeds, and Parliamentary Spokesperson Tania Exley-Moore |
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ID CARDS FOR AIRPORT STAFF IS A DEVIOUS PLOY
March 11, 2008 6:31 AM
Scarborough campaigners have condemned the Home
Secretary's decision to make airport workers the
first group of British citizens to have
compulsory ID cards under threat of losing their
employment. The Scarborough NO2ID group insists
that this measure offers nothing to improve our safety.
Martin Haggerty, who is one of the founding
members of Scarborough NO2ID, said: "Only a few
months ago, the Prime Minister publicly promised
that ID cards would not be compulsory for British
citizens; but now we learn that some people are
to be forced to choose between collaborating with
the national ID card scheme and losing their
jobs. It is outrageously unjust. This news also
reveals the deviousness with which the Government
is manoeuvring to win our acquiescence with
nothing less than the loss of our privacy and freedom."
Responding to the Home Secretary's indication
that students would be next group of people to be
coerced into accepting ID cards, Phil Booth,
national co-ordinator of NO2ID, asserted:
"Whether you volunteer or are coerced onto the ID
database, there's no way back. You'll be
monitored for life. That's why the Government is
targeting students and young people, to get them
on before they realise what's happening."
Madeleine Parkyn, co-ordinator of Scarborough
NO2ID, added: "The Home Secretary's announcements
make it even more pressing to develop a robust
campaign against ID cards and the database state.
Anyone opposed to the introduction of ID cards is
welcome to come to the first planning meeting of
the NO2ID Scarborough group, at which we will
decide what we can best do to publicise the campaign and win the argument."
The inaugural meeting of Scarborough NO2ID will
be held on Thursday 13 March at 7.30 pm, at
Sigma, under The Cask Inn on Cambridge Terrace, Scarborough.
To find out more about joining the local group,
visit www.no2idScarborough.org.uk or email
Scarborough@no2id.net. To find out more about the
national NO2ID campaign, visit: www.NO2ID.net
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