I do think this is a fairly silly example of throwing your toys out of the pram. Yes, we should be concerned about threats to civil liberties and human rights - which exist under governments of every shade (hi, Obama). A citizen's response to this, as opposed to a globe-trotting metic's, is to fight diligently and patiently to minimize harm and make small improvements. The threat to ind.ie's business model seems remote; presumably whether they might be forced to backdoor their products would depend on whether they sell them in the UK, not where the code was written.

As for "feeling ashamed of myself" and "being held responsible" by these chaps, who "don't want to hear my excuses" for voting Tory: ha ha ha, sorry stranger but why should I give two hoots?