Jamie Doward writes in The Observer:
Two of Britain’s leading civil liberties groups are to
offer a £1,000 reward for the fingerprints of the Prime Minister or
Home Secretary – a move that could leave both groups open to
prosecution for incitement.
The anti-ID cards group No2ID and the campaign organisation Privacy
International will this week take out spoof ‘Wanted’ posters in tube
stations and pub lavatories offering the cash to anyone who can
lawfully obtain either the fingerprints of Gordon Brown or Jacqui
Smith. An initial print run of 10,000 has been commissioned.The posters, resembling those issued by US sheriffs hunting outlaws
in the Wild West, are backed by an internet campaign and accuse Brown
and Smith of ‘identity theft’. They stipulate that ‘the fingerprint
must be obtained lawfully and can be located on a beer glass, doorknob
or any object with a hard surface. Corroborating evidence is required
to ascertain the identity of these thieves.’ The £1,000 reward will
then be paid to the charity of the ‘bounty hunter’s choice’, as the
posters put it.
The poster can be downloaded here.
As it says in the Poster:
The Ringleaders need to learn that our fingerprints are not government property.
HatTip No2ID
