philNO2ID - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a father of two, former sculptor, teacher and (social) entrepreneur and now the National Coordinator of NO2ID - the UK-wide, non-partisan campaign to stop ID cards and the database state.

N.B. By 'ID cards', NO2ID means the government's entire appalling ID scheme and all its related initiatives - for more details check out NO2ID's website and do get involved!

I've made The NO2ID Pledge and will absolutely refuse to comply with the government's plans to control my personal identity. If you feel the same way, please take the pledge too.

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My Interests

People, sculpture, education, technology, ID cards, activism, identity, internet, building stuff, changing things

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who loves life, liberty and the freedom to be themselves. And is willing to FIGHT for all of the above.

Movies:

NO2ID on Activ8 - a short film made for the Community Channel and BBC Action Network's 'Activ8' project back in July 2006:

Backstage at NO2ID's Comedy Benefit, held at the Hackney Empire in October 2006:

Heroes:

Richard Feynman, Saul Alinsky, Geoffrey Pyke, Thomas Paine, Terry Gilliam, the man (or woman) who invented kebabs

My Blog

NO2ID newsletter No. 79

IT'S TIME TO GET PERSONALSenior social workers have now warned of the dangers of ContactPoint, the £241 million new database intended to contain personal details of every child (and parent) in the cou...
Posted by philNO2ID on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:19:00 PST

NO2ID newsletter no. 78

STOP PRESS! Help the Pet Shop Boys Protest Against ID Cards! Pet Shop Boys are filming a video for 'Integral', the song from their new album that protests against plans for ID cards, and wo...
Posted by philNO2ID on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:06:00 PST

NO2ID newsletter No. 77

THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR KIDSIn the rush of announcements and over 40 written statements put out in the final days of the Parliamentary session, you may not have noticed that the government has given t...
Posted by philNO2ID on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:18:00 PST

Backstage at NO2ID's comedy benefit

Thanks again to all our comedian friends for the awesome evening that we had last October at NO2ID's comedy benefit - and to Fred and the folks at White Night Films for putting together this short fil...
Posted by philNO2ID on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:19:00 PST

In the Name of Security

A powerful dramatisation of the sort of country Britain could become under an ID regime. Many thanks to Ric Forster for allowing NO2ID to use his impressive undergraduate film to provoke discussion:...
Posted by philNO2ID on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:16:00 PST

Ian Brown: Kiss Ya Lips (No ID)

Truly awesome. Mr Brown, we salute you ...
Posted by philNO2ID on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:12:00 PST