Posted on 09/30/2025 4:40:09 AM PDT by EBH
Britain’s government is introducing compulsory digital ID cards for all workers by 2029. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that a new free-of-charge “digital ID” will be mandatory to prove the right to work in the UK by the end of this parliament
[1]. The digital ID will be stored on smartphones and serve as official identification for employment checks and eventually accessing services [2]. Official aim: curb illegal work and improve services. Starmer argues the digital ID will make it “tougher to work illegally” and thus help secure borders amid public concern over undocumented immigration [3] [4]. Ministers also say a single digital ID will let people quickly verify their identity for government services (like welfare or voting) without fumbling for passports or utility bills [5] [6].
Backlash over privacy and civil liberties has been fierce. More than 1.6 million people signed a petition calling the plan a “step towards mass surveillance and digital control”, insisting “no one should be forced to register with a state-controlled ID system” [7]. Civil liberty groups warn it could create a “domestic mass surveillance infrastructure” that makes Britain “less free” [8]. Even some political allies and opposition leaders have blasted the idea as intrusive and “anti-British” [9]. (snip)
Under the plan, every UK citizen and legal resident of working age would be issued a secure digital ID credential, free of charge [26]. The digital ID isn’t a physical card, but rather a verified profile stored in a smartphone application (a planned “gov.uk Wallet” app) protected by encryption [27]. It would display basic personal details – such as the holder’s name, date of birth, photo, nationality, and immigration or residency status – which can be shown as proof of identity and right-to-work status [28]. Employers will be legally required to check this digital ID for any new hire as part of routine background checks, just as they currently inspect passports or visas [29]. Over time, the digital ID is expected to expand into a general-purpose digital key: Britons could use it to log into government websites, verify eligibility for public services (like claiming benefits or NHS treatment), access their tax records, apply for loans or housing, and even to identify themselves at polling stations for elections [30] [31].
Free of charge. Hahahaha. That’s precious.
Soon to work, bank, buy, sell...hmmm
Nigel Farage has lambasted the “BritCard” scheme as fundamentally un-British. Farage – whose Reform UK party ironically helped spur Starmer’s tougher stance – argues the digital IDs are “an anti-British card” that would give the state “more power to control the British people” while “do[ing] nothing to combat illegal immigration” [50]. He and others claim the government is trampling civil liberties under the pretext of border control. As one Reform UK spokesperson scoffed, “those already breaking immigration law will [not] suddenly comply” with an ID requirement [51]. In their view, the policy is political theater – “a cynical ploy” to feign action on immigration, as Reform puts it [52], at the cost of ordinary people’s privacy.
If the left wants it then you know it is equivalent to a boot on your neck.
Easy way to check to see if youre vaccinated.
“Illegal work”?
So why not just issue every citizen a goid old fashioned British passport.
Problem solved.
Stupid, stupid brits if they swallow that tripe.
(5 bucks that they do)
Physical paper is obsolete.
The ID in question is digital
Youth is digital
That’s the reason
When I go to vote here in Florida, my ID gets verified by electronic means.
Passport? Yes!
State ID card? Yes!
When I go to vote here in Florida, my ID gets verified by electronic means.
Passport? Yes!
State ID card? Yes!
Sounds like a big hole in the system.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have a VISA debit card. It is connected to a bank account through which hundreds of thousands of dollars have passed.
Electronic means can be dicked with, can’t it?
It was a lot harder when people had to sign in a voter roll book, leave a written signature behind. And I’m old enough to remember when the poll watchers would cover the original with a slip of paper first.
Oh, those were the days.
For the charge of freedom.
Authoritarianism seems to advance logarithmically.
Shortly after implementation, you’ll see vehicles coming out that require the insertion of your ID to start.
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