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Big Brother police to get 'war-time' power to demand ID in the
street - on pain of sending you to jail
James Slack
UK
Daily Mail
Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008
State officials are to be given powers previously
reserved for times of war to demand a person's proof of identity
at any time.
Anybody who refuses the Big Brother demand could face arrest
and a possible prison sentence.
The new rules come in legislation to be unveiled in today's Queen's
Speech.
They are presented as a crackdown on illegal immigration, but
lawyers say they could be applied to anybody who has ever been
outside the UK, even on holiday.
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The civil rights group Liberty, which analysed clauses from the
new Immigration and Citizenship Bill, called them an attempt to
introduce compulsory ID cards by the back door.
The move would effectively take Britain back to the Second World
War, when people were stopped and asked to 'show their papers'.
Liberty said: 'Powers to examine identity documents, previously
thought to apply only at ports of entry, will be extended to criminalise
anyone in Britain who has ever left the country and fails to produce
identity papers upon demand.
'We believe that the catch-all remit of this power is disproportionate
and that its enactment would not only damage community relations
but represent a fundamental shift in the relationship between
the State and those present in the UK.'
Full
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INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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