Guy sez,
The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust has just completed its annual
State of the Nations poll tracking British attitudes to democracy
and civil liberties. It's a very rigorous poll with over 2000 people
taking part through one-to-one meetings on the street.There are some quite extraordinary results when it comes to
people's attitudes to civil liberties and the database state.
It seems there's been a real hardening of attitudes against
government collecting, storing and sharing people's personal
information.– 53 per cent of those asked thought ID cards a bad or very bad
idea, compared with only 33 per cent who opposed them in the 2006 poll.– The numbers also rose for people worried about the government
holding data on them, from 53 per cent to 65 per cent.– 80 per cent now want a bill of rights
The campaign is currently holding a
public vote on the top reforms to campaign on at the next election.
The top 5 will become the Power2010 Pledge and the backbone of the
largest third party campaign at the next election.
(Thanks, Guy!)
