Time is running out of you want to get the most out of your UK passport without signing up for an ID card. For the low, low price of £51, you can get an extra ten years of passporty goodness without all the nasty big brother issues associated with Blair, Blunkett & Clarke’s End Of Freedom Device.

You have until the end of this month, and then the rules change, so GET RENEWING NOW! My application is in, and I’m obviously starting to get the paranoia through to others, for I know of several who’ve been rushing to get their forms in in time.

So, get renewing.