The Labour government claims digital IDs (slated for 2029) will curb illegal immigration by verifying worker status. However, leaked details suggest broader applications—banking, taxation, education and even biometric tracking of children.
Privacy groups like Big Brother Watch warn the system could become the backbone of a surveillance state. Critics highlight globalist ties (Tony Blair Institute) and mission creep, comparing it to EU and Chinese-style digital control.
Reform UK's Nigel Farage vowed to dismantle it if elected, while Tory leader Kemi Badenoch dismissed it as ineffective. Nearly three million petition signatures demand its cancellation, calling it a threat to freedom.
Despite protests, Labour plans to roll out digital IDs for those 16+ by the next election, insisting they'll be "voluntary." Skeptics fear eventual mandatory enforcement, fueling deeper concerns over state overreach and lost privacy.
Thousands of demonstrators flooded central London last weekend in fierce opposition to the Labour government's proposed mandatory digital ID system, dubbed "BritCard."
The protest, one of the largest against digital identity measures in recent years, saw crowds marching from Marble Arch to Whitehall, waving signs reading "If You Accept Digital ID Today, You've Accepted Social Credit Tomorrow" and "Once Scanned, Never Free."
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's administration has framed the digital ID rollout—slated for 2029—as a solution to illegal immigration, claiming it will help employers verify workers' legal status. However, critics argue the scheme is a Trojan horse for mass surveillance, with potential expansion into banking, taxation, education and even children's biometric tracking...<<<Read More>>>...
