ID Cards etc
Some good news has arrived in my inbox. The pledge set up for those of us who want no part in the ID card process has reached its target of 10,000 signatories. On top of the signatures, that is also £100,000 raised for the fighting fund to launch a legal challenge to the ID card legislation if Parliament makes the bill law. The pledge does not end yet though. If you haven't yet signed the old pledge or feel that you cannot because of your job or whatever reason please go and sign the new pledge. This commits you to refusing to register for an ID card only if a total of 3,000,000 people sign up. With 3,000,000 refuseniks you can know that you will not be standing alone. That number of people cannot possibly be prosecuted. It will send a powerful message to the government that they are wrong and that the people of the UK will stand up and will be counted.
I am pleased to read in The Guardian today that two-thirds of Britons believe there is a link between Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq and the London bombings despite government claims to the contrary. Today he again spat out the line "there was terrorism before Iraq" as if that proved anything. People were suffering from skin cancer before the ozone layer was harmed, but a hell of a lot more people suffer from skin cancer now. Following Blair's logic this would have nothing to do with the extra UV rays getting through, but instead be a result of the sun's evil nature. Blair is looking an increasingly desperate man as the charade falls apart. He seemed to me a pathetic figure at today's press conference, pleading with us to believe him. I think he now so firmly believes his own lies that he simply cannot comprehend how the majority of us have failed to line behind him and his cohorts like good sheep.
The Guardian's survey had further good news. Despite the bombings and the government's cynical attempt to manipulate the situation to their advantage,
I am pleased to read in The Guardian today that two-thirds of Britons believe there is a link between Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq and the London bombings despite government claims to the contrary. Today he again spat out the line "there was terrorism before Iraq" as if that proved anything. People were suffering from skin cancer before the ozone layer was harmed, but a hell of a lot more people suffer from skin cancer now. Following Blair's logic this would have nothing to do with the extra UV rays getting through, but instead be a result of the sun's evil nature. Blair is looking an increasingly desperate man as the charade falls apart. He seemed to me a pathetic figure at today's press conference, pleading with us to believe him. I think he now so firmly believes his own lies that he simply cannot comprehend how the majority of us have failed to line behind him and his cohorts like good sheep.
The Guardian's survey had further good news. Despite the bombings and the government's cynical attempt to manipulate the situation to their advantage,
only 53% of those questioned said they believed ID cards should be brought in to help in the fight against terrorism - a fall on previous findings before and after the bombings.It's all going wrong Tony. Stop preaching to us and start listening.
posted by phylos @ 20:09
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