Brian G wrote:

Introduce a mandatory scheme, and then if you don't show the card when asked
by ANYONE who has been granted the necessary authority (not just the local
plod, but literally the butcher, the baker and the candle-stick maker if
they have been given the authority to do so) , you can/will be arrested.

In some respects you will not be able to leave the card at home - even
if you do...

Remember the real "card" here is a sodding great big database (with over
200 separate bits of information *so far* (or "just your name and
address" in polotico speak)) linked to your biometric data.

Unless you plan to leave your eyes/fingerprints etc at home you can
still be linked to any one of the matching database records (yes there
really ought to be only one, but then the same is true of NI numbers)


--
Cheers,

John.

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