{"id":3269,"date":"2008-04-30T08:45:37","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T07:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/surveillance-big-brother\/labour-revolt-over-id-cards\/3269\/"},"modified":"2008-04-30T08:45:37","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T07:45:37","slug":"labour-revolt-over-id-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/surveillance-big-brother\/labour-revolt-over-id-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour revolt over ID cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/no2id1.jpg\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"no2id1.jpg\" title=\"no2id1.jpg\" \/>By <a href=\"mailto:tom.shepherd@nqo.com\">Tom Shepherd<\/a>\u00a0| Campaigners fighting the Government&#8217;s plans for ID cards are claiming a victory after four Labour candidates seeking election to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxford.gov.uk\/\">Oxford City Council<\/a> on Thursday opposed the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>And today, city councillor and Lord Mayor John Tanner, who is seeking re-election in his Littlemore seat, told Oxford campaign group NO2ID he also did not support the Government&#8217;s proposals.<\/p>\n<p>NO2ID contacted each of the 101 candidates fighting for election to half the city council&#8217;s 48 seats to find out where they stood on the controversial issue.<\/p>\n<p>NO2ID chairman Chris Rimmer, from Kennington, said although the scheme was a national one, it seemed likely local authorities would end up footing much of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>He said candidates from the Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats and Green Party opposed the scheme, but five Labour candidates also said they were against the idea of a compulsory ID card system.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Rimmer said: &#8220;When we carried out a similar exercise at the last local elections, there was a deafening silence from Labour candidates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"display: none\" id=\"midpagempu\">\n<p class=\"adtxt\">advertisement<\/p>\n<p><script language=\"JavaScript\">   <!-- OAS_AD('Frame2'); \/\/--><\/script><a target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/adsadmin.newsquest.co.uk\/RealMedia\/ads\/click_lx.ads\/www.oxfordmail.net\/mostpopular.var.2234174.mostviewed.labour_revolt_over_id_cards.php\/829466205\/Frame2\/default\/empty.gif\/35383663323263313435393962366330\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/adsadmin.newsquest.co.uk\/RealMedia\/ads\/Creatives\/default\/empty.gif\" height=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This time it appears they have seen how unpopular the policy is and are not afraid to declare themselves against it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With even grass-roots Labour activists turning against it, surely now the time has come for Gordon Brown to scrap this highly intrusive, expensive and potentially damaging scheme.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In March, home secretary Jacqui Smith set out changes to the planned system.<\/p>\n<p>Most people will not now have to give their fingerprints when getting a passport until 2011\/12 &#8211; three years later than previously planned.<\/p>\n<p>Plans to force passport applicants to get an ID card were also dropped, except for workers in security sensitive jobs who would need a card by 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Students are also encouraged to get ID cards from 2010, while non-EU migrants applying for leave to enter or remain in the UK, such as students of spouses, would need ID cards from November.<\/p>\n<p>The Government&#8217;s aim is that by 2015, 90 per cent of foreign nationals will have to hold ID cards.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tanner said ID cards would be expensive and ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;There are better and cheaper ways of tackling terrorism, stopping identity theft and controlling immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Government is right to delay the introduction of ID cards.<\/p>\n<p>Labour&#8217;s Mr Tanner is standing against Fionn Stevenson (Green), Yvonne Lowe (Conservative) and Neil Fawcett (Liberal Democrat).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tom Shepherd\u00a0| Campaigners fighting the Government&#8217;s plans for ID cards are claiming a victory after four Labour candidates seeking election to Oxford City Council on Thursday opposed the scheme. 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