Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline
by noncoml on Monday December 05, 2022 @01:54PM
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UK doesn’t have ID either, but I think most European countries do
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Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline
by jeltz on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:10PM
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The UK used to have an ID but the conservatives scrapped it.
Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline
by switch007 on Monday December 05, 2022 @03:38PM
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That’s twisting history a bit. There was legislation, some slow movements towards ID, but nothing really happened. The general public weren’t required to carry ID. But yes the conservative and Lib Dem coalition repealed it
> Only workers in certain high-security professions, such as airport workers, were required to have an identity card in 2009,[clarification needed] and this general lack of compulsory ID remains the case today.