>>The bank put a CIFAS warning on my accounts and put my name in a "black book". These still exist btw. There's one in our ops office and I have added names to it.
That's very "Animal Farm" surely?
I think there's no value for either of us in a blow by blow argument, since mostly I agree with your views except for this anti-establishment stuff. Suffice to say that we've had very different experiences of the establishment in general and the police in particular.
Especially since most of what you say is not related to having an ID card or not, it is all related to how the UK police have managed to victimise you throughout your life without having an ID card.
Leaving the police out of it entirely, I find ID cards very useful. I have a driving licence in the US and ID Cards in Brazil and Chile and a recent utility bill in the UK.
I find the ID cards/ DL a huge advantage and the utility bill a ridiculous and antiquated PITA. Though it must be said that I do not regard my name as a state secret.
In all three (not the UK) countries I have had my ID requested perhaps a total of three times in 30 years. I have proven my ID to my own advantage countless times. Certainly thousands. Ironically I have used both my IDs and my US DL as proof of ID in the UK since they are seen to have slightly more credibility than a recent utility bill.
Each to their own.
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