Who would you have us cosy up to? No-one? Striking out alone, bravely? That's fine, but a bold choice economically. I mean, the EU remains the obvious economic partner, but we have rather burnt our t… (View Post)

Agreed, but if those guarantees were in place I would accept ID cards. That's why I won't sign the petition - it's too blanket anti. I suspect that the government is trying to do too many things at o… (View Post)

Off topic: I'm not averse to a good moan on here about the state of the education system, so thought I should balance that out with a bit of praise. My school had an INSET day yesterday. In times gon… (View Post)

An efficient and effective summary of the last few days, thanks Gardenwalker. With respect to your 2a, what I don't understand about ID cards: for most people it's the linked central database that ma… (View Post)

And neither would address the fundamental challenges this country faces (although I would support both). However, where I agree with you is that it might give Starmer the boost in popularity he needs… (View Post)