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Story: Fresh calls to bin ID cards as IT suppliers dwindle

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Few "Foreigners" will have ID cards

Nick writes "Foreign nationals coming to the UK will be issued with ID cards from November this year under a scheme run by the UK Border Agency", but in fact only the tiny minority of foreigners needing a visa to stay here will be issued with "ID Cards", because these "ID cards" are actually just visas under another name.

None of the EU nationals who have a right to live and work in the UK will have to get an ID card (except if they're unlucky enough to work in an airport).

Please don't regurgitate the government's xenophobic spin about "ID cards for foreigners". It's not true, and it's a naked appeal to racism.

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