tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post8128734150259883648..comments2009-07-31T13:09:27.831+01:00Harry Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099597763862011749noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-4592474449851601922009-07-31T10:43:30.177+01:002009-07-31T10:43:30.177+01:00On the other hand he has removed the British flag from the design.<br /><br />Anyone else tickled by the removal of the National flag from a National identity card?Tory Outcasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764331899206941164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-45240360857558710422009-07-30T10:33:54.541+01:002009-07-30T10:33:54.541+01:00The cards themselves might not be compulsory but the Government is still creating the National Identity Register and is still going to put everyone on it who applies for a passport.<br /><br />The idea that entry on the database is voluntary because it only happens if you apply for a passport is of course nonsense. Many people don&#39;t have a choice in applying for a passport.<br /><br />Plus the NIR was always the costly part of the scheme. Money is still being wasted, surveillance state is still being built; it was never really about the bits of plastic themselves, so nothing has changed.Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-91418133301603228212009-07-29T20:03:20.557+01:002009-07-29T20:03:20.557+01:00Jake Straw was sat infront of me at Jude Law&#39;s Hamlet last night.<br /><br />Sorry but i failed in my John Wilkes Booth momentNorthampton Saintnoreply@blogger.com