Promises promises!
March 30th, 2006But Shadow Home Secretary David Davis vowed that if the Tories win the next election his first act as Home Secretary would be “to do away with this Bill”.
Lib Dem MP Nick Clegg said the Bill would “erode privacy, curtail freedom and cost an extraordinary amount”.
He added: “It is a monstrous expansion of big, big government.”
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so in between now and then, you must make sure tha you do not register for the NIR. That no one is registering and the database is virtually empty, with people doing anything they can to avoid going on it, with widespread and vocal hostility and disobedience, we will make the scheme look totally pathetic.
Anyone who willingly registers is now an enemy of Great Britain and the British people.
March 30th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Whatever the truth of Davis’ words they are at least going to put off IT companies from investing their resources into a scheme with an ‘uncertain future’ (will it be the people or the Conservatives that crush it?), that and the boycotts on their goods and services.
March 30th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Exactly. FUD is bad AND good, good for us in this case.
This is why it is so important that no one registers. If the system sits there idle, it will be seen as a flop, and no one in government wants to be associated with a(nother) failed project.