Congratulations to Cliffe Bonfire Society for its magnificent effigy of Home Secretary Charles Clarke, burned on the Lewes bonfire last week.

Clarke's ID card scheme is a threat to our freedoms and rights and we will be branded for life.

The figure which gets put on Lewes bonfire is a indication of who is public enemy number one.

The Government and our local ID card-supporting MPs should take note that the burning of Mr Clarke follows effigies of George Bush and Osama bin Laden.

-Andy Player, Brighton