British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme in a speech on Friday.
The stated objective of the so-called “Brit card” is to verify people’s right to live and work in the UK as part of efforts to combat illegal migrants working in the black economy…
The plans will, however, be opposed by the Tories and Reform as well as civil liberties groups concerned it could be expanded to all public services…
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James Melville on X: This is absolutely appalling. Britain should never ever be a government controlled “show us your digital papers” society…
Big Brother Watch UK: Digital IDs would do absolutely nothing to deter small boats but would make Britain less free, creating a domestic mass surveillance infrastructure that will likely sprawl from citizenship to benefits, tax, health, possibly even internet data and more…
Montgomery Toms on X: Since 2020 I’ve been warning that lockdowns, jab mandates, track and trace, and vaccine passports were never temporary – they were the blueprint for forced Digital IDs…