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Dear friend,

As the Second Reading of the Identity Cards Bill approaches, NO2ID have
initiated a pledge for those who will resist compulsory registration for
a State-issued ID card. This is the first in a series of pledges
intended to demonstrate the depth and breadth of opposition to the
proposals BEFORE the legislation makes it through Parliament. Speed is
therefore of the essence.

Please, if you can, make your pledge at http://www.pledgebank.com/refuse
and pass on or promote this message/link to as many sympathetic people
and groups, mailing lists, bulletin boards and publications (why not
write a letter to your local paper?) as you can *without spamming*. To
spread the message further PledgeBank provide flyers and posters to
print out, and people can also pledge by texting 'pledge refuse' to
60022 [standard text rate]. N.B. if you prefer to keep your online
pledge private, simply uncheck the 'Show my name on this pledge' box
before signing.

Our first pledge and target is as follows:

"I will refuse to register for an ID card and donate £10 to a legal
defence fund but only if 10,000 other people will also make this same
pledge."

- Phil Booth, NO2ID National Coordinator

Polls have shown for some time that 3 - 4 million people across the UK
strongly oppose the Government's plans to introduce ID cards and a
National Identity Register. Were this many of us refuse to cooperate
then the scheme would be doomed to failure.

If the Government do manage to force through the ID cards legislation,
this pledge will not only demonstrate the level of solidarity amongst
opponents of the scheme - it will form the basis of a fighting fund* and
support network for all those who refuse to comply.

NO2ID continues to campaign against the introduction of ID cards and the
National Identity Register on all fronts, for more information on what
you can do NOW, please visit www.no2id.net

Thank you for your continued support, together we shall beat this.
Thanks also to mySociety for building the PledgeBank site - keep an eye
out for future NO2ID pledges.

Phil Booth

*all monies pledged will be held in trust for use in defending those
individuals who are prosecuted for resisting registration.

Two days gone and they already have 2000 pledges.

Bumpety bump

Hello everyone,

First off, I'd like to thank each and every one of you for signing our
pledge. The response to this has been absolutely incredible - we never
imagined getting 1/5th of the way towards our target within two days.
But we have. People are still signing at rates of well over one a
minute, and a short while ago we received our 2000th pledge ))

With the Second Reading of the Identity Cards Bill probably only a
couple of weeks away, it would be fantastic to achieve the full 10,000
in time to show the government the strength and depth of the opposition
to their outrageous scheme. Can I ask you all to tell as many people as
you can about the pledge - there are flyers and posters available to
print off if you click on the link in the yellow box towards the top of
the page.

We are looking for a small number of people who would be willing to
provide a photo of themselves and a short quote about why they will
refuse to comply with ID cards and the National Identity Register, to
further promote the pledge. If you would be willing to do this, please
send a mail entitled 'pledge promotion' to office@no2id.net

Many thanks again for your support, together we *will* beat this!

Phil Booth