Thanks very much Eric!

On paper, yes. In practice, no. As was seen during the Brexit negotiations with regard to support for Ireland and not allowing negotiations with individual MSs

*they should also not be digital-only. That is simply dumb (see EUSS)

There are issues of exclusion that need to be addressed in designing an ID card scheme. But generally, they provide a very efficient way of understanding your population and designing appropriate public services and spending.

Labour are fucking all of this away for anti-immigrant populism.

As a bonus; “Brit card” isn’t gonna go down well in certain parts of NI