OK, now that the Lords and Tories have caved, and given in on the worst aspect of the ID Card scheme (guys, we told you all along: it's the Register that's worrying, not the cards), we start thinking about the next step.

Naturally, the best thing to do is to simply refuse to be registered. But if you want to have foreign holidays (and my job means that keeping a passport is not optional), this won't work forever. My current passport runs out in January 2010 — just after compulsion for both Register and Card comes into force. So I'm currently debating whether it's better to hold out entirely until then, or 'arrange' a little accident for my passport earlier, even if that means being entered onto the Register.

However, what we could (and probably should) do is remember the lessons of the Poll Tax campaign. Leaving aside all the cost and technology arguments for a moment, registering the entire adult population by 2010 is going to be fearsomely difficult to actually implement. It's just too many people to get through a relatively small number of centres. Not only are there new registrations, but if you move house, get married/divorced, change appearance significantly or lose/damage your Card, you'll need to register that change.

So let's 'help'.

One of the best peaceful resistances to the Poll Tax was gumming up both the register and the payment. People were re-registering when they went to stay with a friend for a couple of days. And paying in pennies.

So let's repeat those tactics. Had a dramatic haircut? Better keep the right side of the law – it's a £1k fine after all – and update your photo. Going to stay in that holiday cottage? Again, avoid a fine and update your entry. And again when you come back. It's possible that HMG will think of charging for each update, but it only takes a few bloke gets divorced, moves house and goes bald from the stress, pays £300 for it stories to make this politically untenable.

So, anyone got any other suggestions..?