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Or exaggerated. This government’s ongoing “Windrush” record and Patel’s open hostility indicate their use is more likely to be aggressive than supportive

I disagree with ID cards because they are designed to disenfranchise a whole subset of society based on economic and educational achievement which the current government’s think tanks (probably rightly) associate with a likelihood of supporting parties other than theirs. That, in any terms, is...

Sorry but I thought your Brexit was about reclaiming OUR identity/borders/traditions etc rather than suddenly deciding to slavishly follow the example of Europe. What a very strange justification. Hypocrisy? Surely not?

"If I am ever asked to produce an ID Card... I will take that card out of my wallet and physically eat it" - Boris Johnson, 2014.

Sorry but I entirely disagree. This is voter suppression aimed at those least likely to support/vote for an increasingly right wing government. The side benefit for Patel promoting more authoritarian policing is a side benefit.

Fatuousness aside, perhaps the democratic route and the state bears the cost? But of course democracy isn’t the purpose

The government have made no such proposal as far as I know. To be non-discriminatory in terms of suppressing votes a card must be free and issue must be automatic and not based on application

A driving licence costs from a few hundred pounds upwards allowing lessons/tests etc. and won’t be available to a great many. A passport costs a minimum £85 I think and again not all have one. These are financially out of reach for very many people. A free issue ID is one solution but will be...