4:10am Friday 13th February 2009
A NEW pressure group is launching in Winchester to fight plans for compulsory identity cards.
The local NO2ID group will kick off its campaign by collecting signatures in the High Street on Saturday, February 21 from 10am.
The new coordinator is Julian Wald, who said: “We want to take a stand against our increasing loss of privacy.
I’m confident that we will get a lot of support.
“The more time goes on, the clearer it becomes that ID cards – and the huge database that goes with them – are going to be a colossal waste of money.
“The hassle and bureaucracy that the first users are going through are also really shocking. It’s clear that ID cards and the associated database will do absolutely nothing to make us any safer – indeed they will make things worse.”
Mr Wald can be contacted on 01962 658501.
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