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Proposals to introduce a national identity card in the UK have always generated hot debate. Do developments in information technology make any difference to the arguments for and against a national identity card?
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Proposals to introduce a national identity card in the UK have always generated hot debate. Do developments in information technology make any difference to the arguments for and against a national identity card? It is an undeniable fact that each time the issue of introducing the National Identity card in the United Kingdom has been raised, it has always been subject to great concern to many people and has provoked a hot debate. To understand the debate it is worth looking back at the history. There have been identity card systems in the UK during both World Wars. The scheme introduced at the outbreak of World War II was withdrawn in 1952; it has required people to produce their identity card on demand by the police, and this feature was eventually judged inappropriate in the peacetime post-war Britain. They were said to be unreliable in proving identity and damaged the...
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