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by psergeant 2847 days ago
> The UK government isn’t allowed to

This is reasonably misleading, as nothing at all stops a new government with a parliamentary majority from simply scrapping that law.
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robin_reala 2847 days ago
That applies to absolutely anything a government could decide to want to do though. If you want to be picky then yes, the UK government currently isn’t allowed to issue ID cards.
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psergeant 2847 days ago
> That applies to absolutely anything a government could decide to want to do though

Mmm, that’s not true. Courts recognise EU supremacy over the British parliament, although it would be possible to ant-fuck this point if you were feeling truly pedantic.

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