Does everyone need a passport to travel?

[Wonderi]

Bit of a weird one.

Is there anyone who doesn’t need a passport to travel?

I thought you had to have one if you want to go to a different country.

I know someone who isn’t British but has lived in England for many years.

They want to travel to their home country but don’t have a passport and say they don’t need one.

YABU - not everyone needs a passport to travel.
YANBU - everyone needs a passport to travel (unless you’re the king or something).

I sometimes suggest to people that they just hand over the ID card. Then when (it's generally when, not if) they are asked for the passport as well, hold it out with the photo page showing, if the arrangement at the kiosk allows. In some cases this will avoid the officer reaching for the stamp.

Anyway, roll on EES, where all of this "wet stamp" nonsense will be gone...

Like 1600 quid , 2 tests and 10.uears about being good enough citizen foe last 10 years

It could be that the OP's friend simply doesn't want to get a passport. There seems to be a psychological thing about it - I've seen articles about French school trips to the UK ending because they can't (or couldn't) travel on ID cards and a friend who lives in an EEA country told me that a hitherto Anglophile friend had stopped coming here because he simply refuses to get a passport. My gut feel is that they are cheaper in a lot of EU countries than here as well, so it's a bit of a mystery.

As for refused boarding, I saw a good one in the Times today - Easyjet demanded that a car seat for a toddler should be "padded" (on a flight to Jersey) and refused boarding. Once the Times got involved they apologised etc. I think staff are tasked with refusing boarding whenever they can!

It could be that the OP's friend simply doesn't want to get a passport. There seems to be a psychological thing about it

Yes this may be the case.

The person in question is my friends very new partner and he’s giving some red flags but she can’t see it.

When I heard him say that he doesn’t need a passport then I thought that it would be concrete evidence of him lying but it seems that I am mistaken and so perhaps I will keep out of it as I may be completely wrong about him.

It's very clear that this is a must, and if you're going to travel, you need to respect local policies as well as customs. Because not all places are your own home.