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The United Kingdom last had compulsory National Identity Cards during the Second World War when they were introduced for security purposes. As with most forms of state control, they remained in place well after the threat had passed. Wartime ID cards were finally withdrawn by the Churchill government in 1952 because of the tension they created between the police and innocent citizens. There is no reason to believe such tension would be less today. The last person to be prosecuted for refusing to carry an ID card was Clarence Henry Willcock. Latest polls suggest that current Government plans would create three million new ID "refuseniks". Identity cards were re-introduced in Britain in the Identity Cards Act 2006, enacted during Tony Blair's Labour government, as part of a state-approved counterterrorism initiative by – then-Prime Minister – Tony Blair, in response to the September 11 attacks and 7/7 bombings. This was subsequently repealed by the Identity Documents Act 2010 during the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition of 2010, following opposition to ID cards from the then-Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Prime Minister David Cameron. ==2003== The announcement of the scheme followed a public consultation, particularly among "stakeholder groups".〔(pdf ).〕 At March 2003 the government stated that the overall results were: :in favour: 2606 responses (61%) :against: 1587 responses (38%) :neutral: 48 responses (1%) However the government has been criticised for ignoring the overwhelming majority of those replying who stated that they did not want national identity cards. The government claimed that over five thousand negative online responses through a single portal site, organised by (stand ), represented one lobby group so treated them as one reply, thus reversing what would otherwise have been recognised as an overwhelming vote ''against'' national identity cards. However, the Government claimed that many supportive organisations did not number their entire membership numbers in their submissions and thus, it would not be a true representation to include each individual submission by this campaign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Opinion polls on the British national identity card」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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