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Will Tony Blair ever give up on ID cards?

Tony Blair (Credit: Getty images)

Is Tony Blair ever going to give up hope of foisting ID cards on us? As prime minister, he was defeated over the issue – his plans were eventually dropped by the incoming coalition in 2010. He tried again during the pandemic, trying to sell us the idea of vaccination passports.

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