Atu XVIII Blog

A UK Based Politics and Civil Liberties Blog

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Arrests At Peaceful ID Card Protest in Edinburgh The Home Office yesterday held a "consultation" meeting on the plan to impose ID Cards and a huge, intrusive National Identity Register (NIR). Despite repeated requests, campaign group NO2ID were refused permission to attend. NO2ID Scotland thus staged a peaceful protest at the event. The Home Office responded to this exercise in free speech by having a number of the protesters arrested. {More»}

UK: ID Cards

Young People Slam ID Card Scheme»

A piece of Home Office propaganda backfires

UK Liberties: Privacy

HMRC Expose 140,000 NI Numbers»

Another major breach of privacy by the government

UK Liberties: General

The Brown Hatter’s Tea Party»

Brown believes compulsory national ID Cards, CCTV surveillance and mass DNA databases protect civil liberties