[ssf] the Government ID Tax

[@mp]

Hello,  good holy Friday, resurrection on Sunday, i am pasting this info
on the question of the general election May 5th and ID cards, now being
called Government ID TAX
If anyone in this list would like to join efforts, you know where to
meet us, this Tuesday April democracy cafe at Blue Moon and no2id website.


cheers

amp





> 


  It's now all-but-certain that the general election will be on 5th
>>> May. It's also pretty definite that the ID cards bill won't make
>>> it through the Lords before parliament is dissolved, and will
>>> become an election issue. Certainly David Blunkett seems keen to
>>> campaign for ID cards:
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200503/22857ed5-aa61-4926-90c3-9ce9a31da219.htm
>> 
>> 
>>> I'm coordinator for the Cambridge NO2ID group, and we're happy to
>>>  join battle with Mr Blunkett on this issue, because we know that
>>> when people are told they'll have to *pay* for an ID card, even
>>> the apathetic become opponents.
>>> 
>>> To help us campaign, we'll be getting some double-sided flyers 
>>> printed professionally. Here's the current draft design:
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ajwatson/no2id-other/Mar-flyer/LabourBack.pdf
>> 
>> 
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ajwatson/no2id-other/Mar-flyer/LabourFront.pdf
>> 
>> 
>>> While the "Labour's Identity Tax" flyer is accurate and true, it
>>> may nevertheless be illegal to distribute it during the election
>>> campaign - I'm currently getting advice on this. If so, our
>>> fallback is to use a "Government Identity Tax" design:
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ajwatson/no2id-other/Mar-flyer/GovBack2.pdf
>> 
>> 
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ajwatson/no2id-other/Mar-flyer/GovFront.pdf
>> 
>> 
>>> Because of economies of scale, flyers like this are a lot cheaper
>>> to print in 10,000+ quantities than 1000+ quantities:
>>> 
>>> 5,000 double-sided on glossy paper .... £177 10,000 double-sided
>>> on glossy paper .... £215 20,000 double-sided on glossy paper
>>> .... £290
>>> 
>>> Cambridge will be using at least 5,000 (we used 11,000 in our
>>> last three-week leafletting campaign). Would you like to order
>>> some too? Cambridge would handle the printing and posting the
>>> leaflets to you. If we can get the total print run to 20,000,
>>> then I estimate that 2,000 A5 flyers delivered to your door would
>>> cost you about £45. With larger total runs, the costs would be
>>> lower.
>>> 
>>> If you'd like to join us, please email either Chris Lightfoot 
>>> <chris at ex-parrot.com>, Tim Steele <tjfsteele at ntlworld.com> or
>>> myself, or call me on 07710 469624 (evenings).
>>> 
>>> I plan to send the order to the printers on Monday 4th April, and
>>> get leaflets to those who want them by Friday 8th, in time for
>>> the probable first weekend of the "real" election campaign.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Andrew