Why I am prepared to break the law

The Telegraph

Like most readers of this newspaper, I consider myself to be a law-abiding citizen who invariably accepts a decision of Parliament as the law of the land, however barmy or against my personal interests, because it has been democratically arrived at. But there are two matters on which I would be ready to take a stand and accept the consequences.

The first is that I will refuse to register on the Government's ID card database.

The second is that I will withhold part of my taxes if Parliament agrees to finance political parties out of state funds.

On the issue of ID cards, I would find myself in the dock with, among many others, Shirley Williams, Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne, three leading Liberal Democrats who have said they will refuse to co-operate with the scheme because it is an unwarranted infringement of liberty. ...

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