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Story: Half of UK opposed to ID cards

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Knowledge breeds contempt for NIR/ID

As someone who has supported no2id from it's very early days, I can say that when out and about talking to people about this issue I have met only two classes of people:

1 - Those that already know about the issues and are opposed.

2 - Those that know only the government line, if that, and initially dismiss opposition to the scheme.

I have never actually met anyone in the other theoretical class of those that know what the issues are and still support the scheme. That's not to say they don't exist, just that of all the many people I have spoken to, none have expressed themselves as being in this group.

Oh and those in class 2) who's interest is piqued enough to stick around for a little while become more and more anti the longer the conversation continues. I can be quite convincing I suppose, but I have NEVER had anywhere NEAR that level of success with any other political issues I have campaigned on. I'm afraid it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

It really doesn't surprise me that the anti-ID vote is climbing hard. It is simply following the track of expanding knowledge of the problems with the scheme.

NuLabour should sit down and have a really good think about this. I know that modern politicians make a virtue out of complete intransigence and of ignoring new information (no U turns !!), but sometimes an issue comes along that turns into pure political poison.

Remember the Poll Tax?

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