According to Alan Travis writing in the Grauniad, around 25% of us are strongly opposed to the introduction of an identity card:
The number of people strongly opposed to the introduction of a national identity card scheme has risen sharply, according to the results of an ICM poll to be published today.
Those campaigning against ID cards said last night that the poll, with results showing that 25% of the public are deeply opposed to the idea, raises the prospect that the potential number of those likely to refuse to register for the card has risen. If the poll’s findings were reflected in the wider population, as many as 10 million people may be expected to refuse to comply.
One wonders if things could possibly get worse for the present administration, the lying, fraudulent jackanapes who dare to presume that they are superior to us and that the laws of the land don’t apply to them. Oh, I do hope so. Much worse, much, much worse.
In the meantime, the thought of 10 million people refusing to be tagged like cattle brings a warm glow to the cockles of the heart. 25%; that’s about the amount of the electorate that voted for these charlatans, wasn’t it? So, we’re not a minority, then…
LR
Unfortunately, further down the quoted article is a piece of information which reflects very badly on the common sense (and sanity) of our fellow citizens. Apparently, although 50% are against ID cards, no less than 47% are in favour.”
This is true; however, for the first time, there is a clear unambiguous majority opposed. Acorns and oaks and all that…
Never ever ever trust numbers like these in newspapers. this is the kind of shite that The auto-ranting Harding bot relies on.
Only when you have the ACTUAL script of the survey, in order in which the questions were asked, together with the preamble to each question can you gauge whether or not the results are shite.
Cleanthes’s last blog post..Headline of the day
The Joseph Rowntree Trust have published the report here. Agreed, some of the figures give cause for concern – there are still too many people who trust the government with sensitive information such as fingerprints and not enough are sufficiently opposed to the NIR. Yet, that single figure stands out – rather oddly – over 50% are uncomfortable with government data sharing. The questions themselves seem pretty straightforward. What does strike me as odd is that on the one hand, people don’t like the idea of the data sharing, yet on the other seem happy enough for it to be gathered. What do they think is the best method of avoiding data sharing? Trusting government not to do it or not giving it to government in the first place?