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Old Oct 4, 2021 | 3:56 pm
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Originally Posted by kbooks66
Things I learned, unlike in the States, you do not need an ID to get through domestic security in the UK... this seems very odd to me.
The US has a "no fly" list to enforce -- it would be trivially bypassed if there were no ID checks.

The UK doesn't have such a list, and currently has no internal borders, so an ID check would serve little purpose.
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