Tough question of identity

Sir, – In the wake of the Windrush scandal, two former Labour Home Secretaries propose

introducing identity cards as a way of dealing with illegal immigrants.

This system is not without its drawbacks – my 1960 French exchange family used to point out that the police in Paris were not above stopping citizens of Arab origin and removing their identity cards, prior to beating them and arresting them for having no ID.

I’m sure things have changed since then in France.

Et plus ca change – today, in Spain, we still have Rajoy’s guardians of the law indulging in the sort of behaviour that gives police brutality a bad name. James Stevenson. Drummond Avenue, Auchterarder.