No to ID cards and the database state

The national campaign against ID cards: www.no2id.net

Stephen Robinson and Chelmsford Lib Dems are running an ongoing campaign against Labour's massive invasion of your privacy. The database of all your personal details is also a massive security risk, as shown by the all-too-frequent losses of personal details.

The national Lib Dem campaign and petition against ID cards.

More about Government plans to collect all YOUR emails and texts.

Liberal Democrats are also campaigning against the child database ContactPoint.

Would you be happy if the supermarket collected all your personal details onto the national database?

Stephen Robinson's ongoing campaign

Tue 31st Mar 2009:

Chelmsford Lib Dem launches "It's MY data".

Chelmsford Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Stephen Robinson, has launched his "It's MY data - not the government's" campaign. [See www.ourcampaign.org.uk/itsMYdata ] The Lib Dems are opposing plans for the government to collect all our text messages, emails, Facebook and My Space messages.

Fri 28th Nov 2008:

Lib Dems stand up against Labour's police state.

Opposition MPs locked up; massive database of all your personal details; ContactPoint - a database of all children in the UK; more CCTV cameras than any other country in the western world; and the DNA from millions of innocent adults and children stored on computer. "This is Labour's police state in Britain today," said Chelmsford Liberal Democrat Stephen Robinson, following the arrest of Damian Green MP "and only the Liberal Democrats can be relied upon to stand up for the British people's hard-won freedoms."

Mon 13th Oct 2008:

Liberal Democrats slam "grotesque" invasion of privacy.

Chelmsford Liberal Democrats have slammed Labour's decision to go ahead with ID Cards. Parliamentary candidate Stephen Robinson said that the money could be much better spent on putting more police directly onto our streets.

Sun 13th May 2007:

Robinson helps launch 'No 2 ID - Chelmsford'.

"Chelmsford No 2 ID" group launched at site of new interrogation centre, as Government announces another massive jump in database scheme costs. Chelmsford Liberal Democrat Stephen Robinson joined campaigners from other parties and none to launch the Chelmsford branch of the national campaign group on Wednesday 9 May. The first step in creating a massive national database of all your personal details is compulsory interviews for new passports, followed by all those renewing their passport.

Fri 30th Mar 2007:

"Big Database" State off to a faltering start (thankfully).

This is the week when the government was due to start collecting the personal biometric data that will form part of the national identity database. The data will be collected at one of 69 interrogation centres around the country, including one in Chelmsford. Local Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Stephen Robinson objected to the planning application for the centre, and attended a meeting last night, addressed by the General Secretary of the No2ID campaign.

Tue 26th Sep 2006:

Renew passport now to avoid Government database .

A warning has been issued that anyone renewing their passport after 5 October will pay a much higher fee and have new, personal details stored on a massive database. So anyone wanting to avoid this is advised to renew now even if their passport has a few years to run, or apply for their first if they don't have one. A Chelmsford campaigner has done just that.

Mon 10th Apr 2006:

Lib Dems oppose ID cards as Simon Burns and Tories back down.

West Chelmsford MP Simon Burns has been accused by Lib Dem Stephen Robinson of caving in to the Government over the introduction of identity cards. The Identity Cards Bill passed into law with most Conservatives abstaining on the final vote and only the Liberal Democrats solidly against.

Tue 18th Oct 2005:

NO 2 ID CARDS... Lib Dems get local support for ID Card Opposition.

Local Liberal Democrats met widespread support for their opposition to ID cards and the national identity database, in a town centre petition harvesting campaign. Many signed petitions against an extravagant scheme which, according to Parliamentary Spokesman Stephen Robinson, "will cost citizens £100s and do nothing to cut crime, terrorism or illegal immigration."

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