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But the UK does have a national ID???
by xeromal 8y ago
But the UK does have a national ID???
- pjc50 8y agoMore stupidly, the UK has effectively hard national ID requirements (have to show ID and proof of residence/employment visa status in order to work, rent privately; ID checks on having a bank account and house purchases etc), but no national ID. Often utility bills get used instead. (I was actually part of the NO2ID campaign because we anticipated that it would be used for essentially discriminatory purposes like this, as well as the giant highly vulnerable database. It never occcured to us that they could impose ID requirements without issuing the cards!)
- avianlyric 8y agoNo it doesn’t. Neither a driving licence or a passport are manidtory in the UK. Additionally a driving licence isn’t considered a form of national ID (despite many people treating it like one)
- orf 8y agoIt's not considered a national ID outside of the UK, but it's valid identification anywhere inside the UK.
- bogle 8y agoNope. Can you explain your thinking, please?