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title: "UK Identity Cards: I have to laugh or I would cry"
date: 2005-06-23T00:51:22Z
modified: 2005-06-23T00:51:22Z
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timestamp: 2005-06-23T00:51:22Z
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If this vid was about the Patriot Act it would be a massive hit, like the Jib Jab classics. It’s [Funny as hell](http://eclectech.co.uk/clarkeidcards.php).

It is UK-centric but still bites nicely. Charles Clark, that jug-eared ID card apologist, gets a roasting here. So does David “I am so bloody tough” Blunkett. Nice.

One for the id mavens ([Bruce](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/06/dna_identificat.html), [Eric](http://ericnorlin.typepad.com/weblog/2005/03/kim_is_writing_.html), [Jamie](http://www.burtongroupblogs.com/jamielewis/2005/05/openid.html), [Kim](http://www.identityblog.com/2005/06/06.html#a249)) and other concerned citizens.

We’re going to waste another ten billion squid on a failed government IT project. How fing ridiculous.