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July 15, 2005
Friday
 
 
Your national identity
Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland)  UK affairs

This site takes on the issue of a UK national identity card. That puppy is a good advertisement against id cards!

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Absolutely fabulously great. Thank-you for the link.


Posted by Bernie at July 15, 2005 08:50 PM

There could be a lot of good stuff here. Check out this one. Its delicious.


Posted by Bernie at July 15, 2005 08:55 PM

That's good. Too many big words for me though.

I liked this video better, it was linked to on the pledgebank site.


Posted by dotdavid at July 15, 2005 10:37 PM

I hope you're going to give Verity credit for that link ..


Posted by Julian Taylor at July 15, 2005 11:22 PM

Oh, and to throw cold water upon such a beautifully done animation, heres's the official government ID card video - please bear in mind its an 18Mb download.


Posted by Julian Taylor at July 15, 2005 11:33 PM

Is French language a national identity for France?

French sue because Japanese insulted French language! Wow

"Price of French Language To Be Decided by Japanese Court"

http://satire.myblogsite.com/blog has a great photo too.oes this qualify as French


Posted by David at July 15, 2005 11:36 PM

And here's a humorous debunking of the Home Office video (15MB AVI).


Posted by Paul Brookfield at July 16, 2005 12:56 PM

Oh dear God I just saw one of the other animations on there, the 2005 election one ...

"Cherie was fine until she met David Blunkett / They shagged on his guidedog's blanket"


Posted by Julian Taylor at July 16, 2005 04:04 PM

Thank you for the credit, Julian Taylor.


Posted by Verity at July 16, 2005 07:53 PM
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