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What's the private sector connection?
For privately provided goods and services, the supplier doesn't need to know who you are, he just needs to know you are going to pay the bill. When access to publicly provided goods and services is contingent on either citizenship or right of abode, the question of whether the user's bill is going to be paid becomes a question of identity rather than creditworthiness.
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I don't follow.
fwiw I'm against ID cards. I just think that the Brits have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to the rights of non-Brits.
I was highlighting that the situation of people who have lived here for decades - either EU citizens or since the 50s/60s from the former Commonwealth - now being asked to prove something which they have never needed to prove, so have no documentation of proof - is one to note (and seemingly wasn't a significant thing 5 years ago). The solution (for me) is to get rid of the requirement for documentation - if you have lived here for a long time, particularly if you have worked here and paid taxes, it's really quite obvious.
What's the private sector connection?