You’re probably heard that the ID Cards Bill has been passed. I was going to say summat but I’ve been so pissed off, that I couldn’t do anything – paralysed by hatred, I guess…

Hell! Even Bloggers4Labour are opposed to them! as they say:

It's pessimistic, but perhaps the new ID infrastructure has to completely crash and burn as a lesson for future Governments.

Anyway, here’s an article about how badly things will turn out – hopefully, things will be even worse.

Also take up this (which I found over at Not Little England):

At the next General Election [and also in the up-coming Local Elections], at every Hustings, in every constituency up and down the country, we ask

Will you vote to abolish the National Identity Register?

If they don't say yes, we get them out. Regardless of party.

The Guardian has this:

People who opt out of having an identity card when they renew their passport will still have to pay the full £93 combined cost of both cards, the Home Office disclosed yesterday.

The decision is a setback to anti-ID card campaigners hoping to develop a boycott on the back of the last minute opt-out compromise which defused parliamentary opposition.

And, if Labour win the next election:

Mr Clarke also confirmed that he would expect the legislation making it compulsory for everyone to hold an ID card to be introduced after the next general election.

See also this, about the logistics of the system, especially the database.