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We Need Identity Cards

(152 Posts)
Allsorts Mon 10-Feb-25 21:26:00

It is about time we had Identity Cards. It would soon sort out who was here without permission. Those that refuse should be denied public services and investigated. We don't know who we have here and people don’t feel safe,

Shinamae Mon 10-Feb-25 21:30:01

I absolutely agree..

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Mon 10-Feb-25 21:33:22

Totally agree.

Mollygo Mon 10-Feb-25 21:43:20

I agree.

Now let’s hear the comments covering all those reasons why we shouldn’t be obliged to have them.

PoliticsNerd Mon 10-Feb-25 21:52:08

And so the hard right flex their power ...

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Mon 10-Feb-25 21:54:56

They are used in Spain. We have them and carry them always.
Not a problem there?
So why here?

Grannybags Mon 10-Feb-25 21:56:52

I’d be happy to carry one

Barleyfields Mon 10-Feb-25 21:57:06

I agree we should have them.

Ilovecheese Mon 10-Feb-25 21:59:07

Oh yes, nobody would make a business out of forgery. Would they.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Mon 10-Feb-25 21:59:26

What IS the argument against them?

Barleyfields Mon 10-Feb-25 22:03:19

If the police had access to details of ID cards, in the same way that they can quickly check if a car is insured/has current MoT/has been cloned they could easily root out forged cards.

dragonfly46 Mon 10-Feb-25 22:06:50

Yes absolutely. We always carried one in Holland.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 10-Feb-25 22:11:07

I was against ID cards for most of my life.

Now with loyalty cards, less use of cash, digital payments, smartphones and NPRC everywhere, we are tracked 24/7. I can no longer see a logical reason not to have them.

Skydancer Mon 10-Feb-25 22:22:40

FriedGreenTomatoes2

What IS the argument against them?

Yes what IS it?

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Mon 10-Feb-25 22:25:15

So far … a win-win on here.
Anybody against with a good reason why not?

nanna8 Mon 10-Feb-25 22:29:32

What has identity cards got to do with hard right Nazi lovers ? I am sure no one on here is ‘far right’ and I have been here a while now. More a communistic thing if anything. Sheer ignorance , very easy to label anyone who doesn’t agree with you. I think we all actually have to prove who we are by use of passports, driver’s license etc ,not much difference. We don’t have them here but our borders are a tad more secure , not completely but reasonably so.

Harris27 Mon 10-Feb-25 22:32:52

I agree I’d be happy to carry one.

Bodach Mon 10-Feb-25 22:42:52

I carried an ID card for all of my working life. I see no problem with doing so for the rest of my life.

Jaxjacky Mon 10-Feb-25 22:46:06

No problem here either, we carried our passports when lived in Françe

grumppa Mon 10-Feb-25 22:54:40

No objection at all.

Casdon Mon 10-Feb-25 22:55:30

Tony Blair was right all along then. He tried to introduce them in 2005, and it was blown out of the water.

Allira Mon 10-Feb-25 23:01:15

PoliticsNerd

And so the hard right flex their power ...

So the majority of countries are far right, are they?

Only a very few countries in the world do not have ID cards. They would be useful, not everyone has a passport or other form of identification.

Casdon Mon 10-Feb-25 23:14:32

Skydancer

FriedGreenTomatoes2

What IS the argument against them?

Yes what IS it?

Historically the right don’t like them because they are seen as a sign of a totalitarian society.

henetha Mon 10-Feb-25 23:17:56

Absolutely we should have them. I've thought so for years.

Shinamae Mon 10-Feb-25 23:25:37

Casdon

Skydancer

FriedGreenTomatoes2

What IS the argument against them?

Yes what IS it?

Historically the right don’t like them because they are seen as a sign of a totalitarian society.

Say what????? 😂😂