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Indeed :cheers: and may I be the first to wish you a Frohes neues Jahr !

Ok, thank you for clearing that up. I forgot that everything in life is some sort of conspiracy by party political opponents. Next time I am asked for ID when collecting a parcel, applying for a job, speaking to the bank etc I will tell them that they are attempting to exclude me and need to...

Fair enough, I actually took your view before I lived in countries with ID cards. I have the opposite experience to you in the U.K as I find it a hassle to keep assembling different combinations of source documents. Doing this once to get an ID card was a lot easier. Updates to address were also...

Plenty of people on here saying they have always wondered at the potential for fraudulent voting. I can remember talking about it with my wife after we voted in 2015 as we walked out of the polling station. I guess though that both sides in the never ending race debate will dig heels in and use...

I'm not sure that your passport would be sufficient as it is not a proof of address. You would also need to produce something like recent utility bills etc. ID cards are more convenient because they contain proof of identity, address and national insurance number (or local equivalent) because...

I have a vote, my vote is not transferable. Therefore I expect my vote to be protected just as I expect my bank account to be protected. Whenever I vote I am uncomfortable with the lack of security. In a similar way I lock my house when I go out even though there is no evidence of burglary in my...

Lots of crime occurs unpunished by arrests. It is the responsibility of society to protect itself. I don't see what gains the Tory party would gain from improving the system of voter identification. Surely if there is no problem as you imply then there is nothing to be lost ? We have to prove...

How can we know the extent of election fraud without a system of proof of identity ?

Herr Tubthumper, aren't there ID cards and proof of identity for voting required in Germany ?

Opening services and bank accounts, signing rental agreements, proof of health insurance when treated at a hospital, fast tracking through the airport as a resident of the country. Actually, I would argue that you do have an ID card. It is your passport. You probably use it to prove your...

Yes, sounds about right that ID cards were abolished by the Tories as their entire platform is anti community and all about the individual.

Agreed, an ID card shows membership of a community. They work well in places I have lived in abroad and make life easier precisely because it becomes easier to prove identity.

Not just the Tories. All the main parties have been accused of over spending at the 2015 election which is the possible reason for lack of impetus from any party to fully investigate the claims. It is a little misleading to claim this is a Tory only scandal. Regardless of where the blame lies...

It always surprises me that ID isn't required when voting. It would seem to me to be a basic requirement of a democratic system.