A Nation Divided
ID Cards still have majority support,
but opposition is deep & entrenched
- 61% of the population support compulsory identity cards. This
contrasts markedly with repeated claims by government that 80%
are in favour of its proposal.
- It appears that the number of people who strongly support ID
cards has fallen from 50% (in the April 2004 MORI poll) to 40%
- Those strongly opposed has doubled from 6% to 12% in the four
weeks since the MORI poll.
- The MORI poll concluded that only one in five people are
prepared to pay for the government’s ID card.
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A Nation Divided
- About Privacy International
- Background
- Key Findings
- ID Cards still have majority support,
but opposition is deep & entrenched
- People do not want their address
connected to the ID card
- Financial penalties are deeply opposed
- People are prepared to go to prison over the ID card
- A conundrum for the Tories
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