tokyoelbow@totalise.co.uk (Elbow) wrote in message news:<515ab8e4.0403162302.6580c3f3@posting.google.com>...
> Is this legal?  Anyone else had similar shit happen to
> them?  
> 
> Would appreciate some comments or just plain old
> ranting  (insert horse).
> 
As others have pointed out you actually got lucky. Because it was your
birthday perhaps it's a bit blown out of proportion; but you have no
legal reason to gripe. I suggest putting your ID card in your wallet
and carry it with you at all times, as the law says you need to do.

And yes, it's happened to me. But I had my ID card.

John W.