Cameron on ID Cards

Well, talk about a fuss over nothing. David Cameron puts an a German accent to illustrate the kind of society we would be living in if we were forced to carry ID cards:

Has no one who has criticised Cameron heard of the art of hyperbole? It means exaggerating for effect. I daresay Britain would not actually become a Nazi state if we became obliged to carry ID cards but our society would be a lot less free and the state a lot stronger as a result. That is what Cameron is getting at. And to make his point he is using a particular rhetorical trick, one that actually does have relevance to the argument. Instead of bleating on about how Cameron's bad behaviour, his critics ought to remember that. Get thee to thy book of grammar, opponent!