PETER HITCHENS: Mandatory ID cards are a sinister European tradition that give the state immense power... here in Britain we are supposed to do things different

It would be really useful to the authorities if we all had barcodes tattooed on our foreheads at birth. After all, if you have nothing to fear, and have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide, or so they say

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