Digital ID

[Jacko]

I’ve never done it in the post office.

Previous posters may have. In POs all around the world.

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I think I agree with Reform. I am off to get my swivel eyes fitted.

Reform UK has denounced the plan as a "cynical ploy to fool voters that something is being done about illegal immigration".

"It's laughable that those already breaking immigration law will suddenly comply, or that digital IDs will have any impact on illegal work," the party added.

"All it will do is impinge further on the freedoms of law-abiding Brits

It's similar to the calls to scale back the gun rights in the States, insofar as it will only impact law abiding citizens.

Utterly pointless for the intended use, by intended I mean the one they tell the public (immigration control) and not as a back door to social credit scores and a cashless society (tinfoil hat donned).

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

I genuinely don’t think it’s about social credits but of course one of the many reasons it’s flawed is whole different cross sections will have their own (separate) theories but be United in opposition.

Above all it shows how deeply out of touch he is that he thinks the time is now and the motive is transparent and wanted

[man in the corner shop]

I genuinely don’t think it’s about social credits but of course one of the many reasons it’s flawed is whole different cross sections will have their own (separate) theories but be United in opposition.

Above all it shows how deeply out of touch he is that he thinks the time is now and the motive is transparent and wanted

100% this

Thank the Lord for the grown ups being in charge.

[Borin' Baggie]

I'm in favour of a digital ID card that is voluntary and essentially acts as a digital authentication token to access government services and cut down on paperwork using data already held by the government, as has been successful in Denmark.

I'm opposed to a mandatory digital ID that holds any additional data that the government does not hold currently with the involvement of private companies - particularly multinational companies that are not primarily based in the UK and are therefore primarily outside the UK's legal jurisdictions - in accessing said data.

[man in the corner shop]

No Brit card in NI

BBC News - PM's plans for digital ID scheme is 'ludicrous', says first minister - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv2gj5pd4o

[man in the corner shop]

Going well then. The centrist dads have pulled another master stroke and really have their finger on the pulse of the nation.

It hasn't even been officially announced yet.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194

[Derek Hardballs]

At some point after the next local elections I imagine the Labour Party will have to make a decision to either stick or twist with Starmer and the Tory tribute act. If they stick the red carpet will have already arrived for Farage. It’s a cliche to say they are out of touch with the electorate but in this case that cliche is very much true.

[Josh1873]

A lot of fuss is being kicked up over very little. A lot of nonsense being spouted about control, tracking and data access, as if the government don't already have access to whatever info they want on an individual!

If you click on a link advertising a car, for example, all you see when you browse the internet, or YouTube ads etc, is car adverts. That's just random websites and the data they have on your habits. Now imagine what the government has access to (or maybe I've just invented a conspiracy myself!). I don't have an issue with that, personally. I've nothing to hide!

I don't see the point, and it seems like a waste of time, effort, money, and general resources to me. But I'm certainly not against the idea as some sort of broader conspiracy.

[Remi_Moses]

It's all about control.
It's anither lie about why it's being introduced.
For work, what's a national insurance number for.
For identity, what's a passport for.
For driving, what's a license for.
Starmers latest vote winner idea.

[Josh1873]

Someone will have to explain the control argument to me, ideally in a non-condescending way

If the government really wanted control over us, then the tools are already in place to do so given the access they have to data via smart phones, and the fact the majority of people already have ID in the form of a driving licence and/or passport. Passport already being more or less digital - in terms of having the ability to be scanned by your phone and ID verified using your phone (I have recently done this to open a Monza bank account).