Thread: ID cards rethink to be unveiled
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Old 07-03-2008, 00:03   #76
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Re: ID cards rethink to be unveiled
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Originally Posted by Xaccers View Post
Pretty sure it was down to there no longer being a state of emergency, therefore no legal requirement for ID cards.
Had the government been able to show there was still a state of emergency, then ID cards would have continued to be legally required.
The protests started because there was no state of emergency. To its credit, the government of Winston Churchill scrapped the cards soon after winning the 1951 General Election.
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