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ID cards may be voluntary but the Database State will be impossible to avoid

Dear Richard Caborn MP, In recent days the Home Secretary has announced that airside workers at Manchester and City airports will no longer be compelled to enroll with the National Identity Register as a condition of their continued employment. This news has been presented as a pledge that Identity Cards will never be compulsory for [...]