I would not count on the Tories to repeal the law, by the way. It’s amazing how attractive the shiny levers of State power become once you get your hands on them. David Davies is sound on this, but not much else. David Cameron is functionally indistinguishable from Blair (which is, I understand, his big plan). He is therefore unsound on this and just about everything else. I am finding it hard to take seriously the idea that we should hope he’s lying through his teeth and is a good man really.

Any other practical suggestions one could make are probably criminal these days, by way of being incitement to this or that or glorification of the other.

Emigration is definitely the answer, but where? Looking at the streets of Paris this week, one might think France was the place where the people can stand up to the State. Unfortunately, the ****wits were demanding that the State oppress them more. They are hard to get one’s head around.

Anyone with thoughts or suggestions on good places to live for libertarians? Preferably English, French, Polish or Russian-speaking as I am tired of learning new languages. We need to be able to carry a gun (not trusting the State to protect us) and speak freely (though politely, because everyone we might annoy will also have a gun!).

I like the emigration idea. I’m thinking about Bhutan.

As for using your religion as a get-out excuse, Buddhists hold that there is no permanent self (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta). So, my reply is going to be ’sorry, cannot define my identify as I have no permanent self….’

http://oasis.gov.ie/moving_country/migration_and_citizenship/irish_citizenship_through_birth_or_descent.html

Under the terms of partition all people born in the Province have the right to apply for an Irish passport.

Which might just make up for the whole taxation without representation bind we in NI are in. Though we pay taxes, thanks to the fact that none of the real political parties post candidates in elections here we effectively have bugger all say in the running of the UK.

Seems like a fair use of underhand tactics to me – the government use them, so why can’t I?

Spy Blog – The final vote on the Identity Cards Bill 2005 – Ayes 301 (including the Conservative front bench) Noes 84 NO2ID – ID Cards bill passes BSSC – Official: It’s Compulsory Perfect.co.uk – Anyone who opts out is……

Jarndyce, as to ID cards, I’m almost tempted to say relax, sit back and enjoy the fun. This is going to be one of, if not the, largest IT projects on the planet. It has a deadline a mere two years away and will almost certainly be given to Capita or some other serial incompetent to cock-up.

In the meantime, we should sign up for ‘“ID cards” uk‘ and national identity register (and variants) Google News Alerts. We should then blog every minor detail – who gets the gig, the cock-ups big and small that leak out, the political backsliding and embarrassments – others will link in and word will spread.

Keep an eye on The Register who have been all over this (I think they have an email list) and Private Eye who we can expect to watch all this very closely. And of course, NO2ID.

I read somewhere that there’s going to be problems with builders as their fingerprints wear away over time. Might be worth investing in some very fine glass paper and having a rub every time you have a spare five minutes.