On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:11:21 +0100, Annabel Smyth wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 at 11:35:34, Tim Challenger
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:50:08 +0100, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

Is it me, or is there a major flaw in this: most people with a right to
British residence *won't carry* any such papers?

Passport? EU citizens still have to carry a passport with them at all times
(or a photocopy, at least) don't they? The same applies for other
foreigners. They should have some form of ID.

EU citizens usually have an ID card, so don't need their passports.

Some do, some don't. Either way it's a valid document that shows they are
not nickable.

UK citizens don't, of course, and there's the rub. You could just say
you're British. You just need a convincing British accent of some sort to
avoid being dragged away and beaten about the ankles with a haddock.

"Ey-up, chook....."

The Not The Nine O'Clock News sketch with Constable Savage doing the "nice
and nasty" routine comes to mind.

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Tim C.