Comments on: The Surveillance Society http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919 Independent Survey and Polling News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jim Kerr http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919/comment-page-1#comment-52972 Jim Kerr Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:30:53 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919#comment-52972 "Instead of wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on compulsory ID cards, let that money provide thousands more police officers on the beat in our local community." The promise made by Tony Blair's" on page 68 in New Labours book "New Britain: My Vision of a Young Country, published in 1996. Of course that was when Blair was in opposition and there was a more credible threat from the IRA. So much for Blair's new contract with the Citizens of this country. I can't understand why anyone could be so foolish as to trust this government with ID cards when we think of their record of IT schemes, the war in Iraq, WMD's, Cash for honours, and all the other sleazy schemes this government have been involved in. “Instead of wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on compulsory ID cards, let that money provide thousands more police officers on the beat in our local community.” The promise made by Tony Blair’s” on page 68 in New Labours book “New Britain: My Vision of a Young Country, published in 1996. Of course that was when Blair was in opposition and there was a more credible threat from the IRA.
So much for Blair’s new contract with the Citizens of this country. I can’t understand why anyone could be so foolish as to trust this government with ID cards when we think of their record of IT schemes, the war in Iraq, WMD’s, Cash for honours, and all the other sleazy schemes this government have been involved in.

]]> By: G.Orwell http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919/comment-page-1#comment-49517 G.Orwell Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:15:56 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919#comment-49517 Its time for action…this issue really is the last straw for me and I will ultimately be prepared to go to prison and sacrifice my ‘freedom’ to prove my point if need be (and I am no law breaker). This Government really have lost the plot, the whole argument put forward for the cards is deeply flawed, and I sincerely believe that this scheme is nothing more than a thinly veiled measure of state control. The ever changing and spurious argument put forward by this Government in support of this scheme just smack of yet another policy with a hidden agenda, which will no doubt see our ‘traditional freedoms’ eroded still further. Have they really brainwashed us to such an extent that we would now accept this measure without a fight, surely not? Some years ago I saw the film based on George Orwell’s book 1984, and the nightmare image of state control is still vivid in my mind, although over the years I have taken comfort in the knowledge this was a piece of fiction, but I now believe that it was just dated 20 years too early! My advice is if you haven’t seen the film get hold of a copy, then think very seriously before accepting this measure at ‘face value’. Its time for action…this issue really is the last straw for me and I will ultimately be prepared to go to prison and sacrifice my ‘freedom’ to prove my point if need be (and I am no law breaker).

This Government really have lost the plot, the whole argument put forward for the cards is deeply flawed, and I sincerely believe that this scheme is nothing more than a thinly veiled measure of state control.

The ever changing and spurious argument put forward by this Government in support of this scheme just smack of yet another policy with a hidden agenda, which will no doubt see our ‘traditional freedoms’ eroded still further.

Have they really brainwashed us to such an extent that we would now accept this measure without a fight, surely not?

Some years ago I saw the film based on George Orwell’s book 1984, and the nightmare image of state control is still vivid in my mind, although over the years I have taken comfort in the knowledge this was a piece of fiction, but I now believe that it was just dated 20 years too early!

My advice is if you haven’t seen the film get hold of a copy, then think very seriously before accepting this measure at ‘face value’.

]]> By: Jack http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919/comment-page-1#comment-47159 Jack Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:51:22 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919#comment-47159 I must admit I totally loathe ID cards in principle - and I loathe CCTV cameras in the vast majority of places (banks ok). It's easy to understand if you view each cctv as being a watching policeman-so that's 5 million police... I must admit I totally loathe ID cards in principle – and I loathe CCTV cameras in the vast majority of places (banks ok). It’s easy to understand if you view each cctv as being a watching policeman-so that’s 5 million police…

]]> By: Klamm http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919/comment-page-1#comment-46915 Klamm Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:54:30 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/919#comment-46915 I renewed my passport three years early so I will be one of the last people to have an ID card foisted upon them I renewed my passport three years early so I will be one of the last people to have an ID card foisted upon them

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