We Need Identity Cards

Absolutely, I agree.

PoliticsNerd

And so the hard right flex their power ...

What a ridiculous statement 😂

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????? 😂😂

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

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.

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.

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

No objection at all.

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

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

I agree I’d be happy to carry one.

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.

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

FriedGreenTomatoes2

What IS the argument against them?

Yes what IS it?

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.

Yes absolutely. We always carried one in Holland.

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.

What IS the argument against them?

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

I agree we should have them.

I’d be happy to carry one

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

And so the hard right flex their power ...

I agree.

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

Totally agree.