Will Starmer’s plan for digital ID actually erode our civil liberties? We put two experts head to head in this week’s Debate

Yes: This strikes at the heart of British civil liberties. We are not a papers carrying country

The first sign that Starmer’s digital ID cards are an assault on British liberties is this – you have no choice in whether to have one or not. That instantly makes it an oppressive scheme.
It would be one thing to make a digital ID available to people who want one, but this mandatory scheme is being forced on the public whether you want one or not. And it has
already been paired with serious restrictions on our liberty – if you don’t show your digital ID, you won’t be able to legally work.

In Starmer’s Britain, anyone from teenagers starting their first paper round to pensioners working at their local garden centre won’t be able to work unless they present this mandatory digital ID card. A British passport will no longer be documentation that is British enough to legally........

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