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by Doctor_Fegg 1708 days ago
David Davis is a backbench MP, he isn't a Government minister. I would sooner eat my own eyeballs than vote Conservative, no matter who the candidate, but Davis does have a principled track-record in voting for civil liberties.
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zimpenfish 1708 days ago
> Davis does have a principled track-record in voting for civil liberties.

Well, if you're British, sure? If you're an EU Citizen wanting to live or work in the UK, he was very much "they should have ID cards" in 2017.

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that_guy_iain 1708 days ago
To be fair, they probably should have ID cards since every other country in the EU as far as I know has a national ID scheme.
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valdiorn 1708 days ago
As an EEA citizen living in the UK (now a citizen, but was here pre-brexit under EU freedoms) I see absolutely nothing wrong with the host state requiring me to carry an ID card. In fact, many countries require this for their own citizens, see Germany.
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airpoint 1708 days ago
As an EEA citizen living in the UK, let me tell you that you’re missing the plot.

Whether you agree or not with the requirement of ID cards for EU nationals in the UK, doesn’t change the fact that David Davis repeatedly voted against extending one’s civil liberties, based on their nationality.

This is what the previous commenter noted, and is factually correct!

David Davis is a joke and his word is not worth more than his EU trade deal that never happened.

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