Newcastle City Council Blocks Calls to Oppose Government’s Digital ID Scheme

Newcastle City Council blocks calls to oppose Government’s Digital ID scheme

The controversial scheme was announced by Keir Starmer as part of measures to tackle immigration

So, the Digtal ID narrative is falling apart….and yet I have doubts.

And so the UK’s Digital ID is official. Not legal, no laws have been passed, not even real in the sense it exists at all. But it is official, with the full backing of the Labour Government. I have talked and written extensively and at length about the planned rollout of Digital ID, the many …

Starmer’s digital ID work requirement sparks uproar from UK's left and right

The U.K.’s right and left-wing parties have reached an uncommon consensus: they oppose British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s latest attempt to curb illegal immigration through mandatory digital ID cards. The plan, announced last week and which will be fully rolled out by August 2029, revived a decades-old debate across the U.K. over whether digital IDs will be overly intrusive or even effective in combating illegal migration."You will not be abl…

Britain’s Big Brother ID law is the globalist dream for America

On Friday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood at the podium at the Global Progressive Action Conference in London and made an announcement that should send a chill down the spine of anyone who loves liberty. By the end of this Parliament, he promised, every worker in the U.K. will be required to hold a “free-of-charge” digital ID. Without it, Britons will not be able to work.No digital ID, no job.The government is introducing a system tha…

Britain dusts off the old ID card row: Starmer’s digital IDs spark a fresh fight over freedom, privacy and paperwork

LONDON, Oct 2 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week announced plans to require workers to hold a compulsory digital identity card to tackle illegal immigration.The plan has revived a national debate, last played out two decades ago, in which fears about privacy and security run up against a government drive for greater control and efficiency.Why is Britain doing this?Starmer’s centre-left Labour Party is trailing in opinion polls behin…

Support for digital IDs COLLAPSES as Keir Starmer blamed for 'reverse Midas touch'

Support for Labour's digital ID plans has collapsed in a fresh blow to Sir Keir Starmer, according to a new poll.The More in Common poll found that just 31 per cent of people surveyed after the Prime Minister's announcement on Friday showed support for the scheme, while 45 per cent of people opposed.More than 2.6 million people have signed a petition urging Sir Keir not to push ahead with the plans."Digital ID is not unpopular in principle," Luk…