Comments on: Why Britain is up the spout, by Nick Cohen and a Frenchman http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/01/28/why_britain_is_up_the_spout_by_nick_cohen_and_a_frenchman Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Carty http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/01/28/why_britain_is_up_the_spout_by_nick_cohen_and_a_frenchman#comment-9068 George Carty Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:34:04 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2009/01/28/why_britain_is_up_the_spout_by_nick_cohen_and_a_frenchman#comment-9068 Isn't Britain's lack of compulsory ID cards also a major attraction, especially for illegal immigrants? AFAIK the whole drive to introduce ID cards in Britain is the result of a deal which Tony Blair made with the French (in which Britain promised to introduce ID cards if the French closed the Sangatte refugee centre). Isn’t Britain’s lack of compulsory ID cards also a major attraction, especially for illegal immigrants?

AFAIK the whole drive to introduce ID cards in Britain is the result of a deal which Tony Blair made with the French (in which Britain promised to introduce ID cards if the French closed the Sangatte refugee centre).

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