"We, Silktide include [sic], have not only done fuck all to solve the problem"

You mean apart from creating the most popular, free, open source solution for complying with the law?

http://silktide.com/cookieconsent

Or proposing alternative solutions that might actually work:

http://blog.silktide.com/2012/09/fixing-a-broken-cookie-law/

Or creating a free information site to help people comply?

http://silktide.com/cookielaw

Or debating the nuances of how the law might be interpreted for the past 18 months?

http://blog.silktide.com/2011/05/cookie-law-makes-most-uk-we...

http://blog.silktide.com/2011/05/can-we-use-analytics-with-t...

http://blog.silktide.com/2012/02/cookie-law-analytics-are-il...

I'm hardly alone in my opinion of this law. Read any number of technical or legal opinions on the matter:

Wired - http://bit.ly/lJQs4x The Guardian - http://bit.ly/mQKOnv OutLaw - http://bit.ly/6VZgd TechCrunch - http://tcrn.ch/JC15c3

and they're virtually unanimous: this law is a total clusterfuck.