June 16, 2005
Well its a bit weird in Sheffield at the minute, roads closed off, helicopters overhead, people afraid to go to work ‘cos they happen to be in or near a building where the G8 conferences are happening. Protesters who aren’t allowed to protest, or if they are, they are penned in like cattle and numbers kept to a minimum. Notices on the streets that say 2 or more people committing ‘social order‘ offences will be arrested or moved on…
My protesting days are long over, but this really gets my goat, WTF are they doing in shef anyway? thanks Dave you twat.
Well I wish the protest posse luck and peace - remember people - it’s a jungle out there…
more info, pics etc. http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/
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May 31, 2005
I can’t, yet thats what I might have to pay for an ID card if the LSE have got their facts right, and they are the LSE after all…
…£300 is a totally outrageous sum to expect the average joe in the street to come up with.
It beggers belief that the government honestly (i know, two words that don’t often go together…) think they will get away with this by saying that it’s in the Interests of National Security
and that if you’ve got nothing to hide whats the problem?
Well I dont have anything to hide, but I sure as hell am not going to pay 300 quid to prove it.
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May 30, 2005
Apparantly our beloved leader spoke out against hasty EU reforms, and a nice chap called ‘Curious Hamster’ at ‘A Big Stick and a Small Carrot’ had these observations to make.
I couldn’t have put it better myself…
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May 24, 2005
Apparantly 57% of people surveyed said they saw ID cards as the best way to protect themselves against identity theft
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How little they understand… 
Is holding a peice of plastic in your hand going to stop Ms. Benefit Fraud from getting her hands on your pension? No.
Is paying the UK Govt up-to £85 going to stop Mr. Criminal from forging or stealing your identity? No.
Would Mr. Terrorist have problems getting hold of and using a fake (or real) ID card? Would Mr. Terrorist be put off from commiting atrocities without an ID card? Did say, Mr. Terorista from Spain have any problems commiting the Madrid Bombings in a country that already has ID cards?No. No. No.
Will the powers that be guarantee that the information held by them about you will not be sold on, given away to, leaked, lost or stolen by any authority, organisation, corporation, or individual that does not have a right to that information. Of course not.
This really hasn’t been thought through very well, at least, not by our glorious leaders…
…or maybe it has, maybe they know exactly what they are going to be able to do with all that loverly data.
If you are at all concerned by the introduction of compulsory Identity Cards in the UK, please sign the petition at http://www.no2id-petition.net/.
Thank-you.
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