Digital ID needs to be resisted, surely?

I don't, in principle, object to an identity CARD - I already hold one from another country.

I object to being told it is to stop illegal working and the 'draw' to this country that being able to work illegally allows. Share codes exist which provide
photographic evidence and status of the person looking for work.

I object to Lisa Nandy doing the rounds last week telling us it was only going to be used for employment purposes and then in her next breath telling us it would make it easier to access government services. Which is it?

I object mainly to this government lying through its teeth and thinking I am a fool.

Don’t let the piss takers get to you btw. It’s standard stuff.

So, not actually resisting, then 😁

I don’t work either. Happy to have one.

What is being removed?

Higher up!!! The aliens?

Higher up where?

I’ve had an ID card most of my life - nothing negative has happened - no one has stopped me travelling, spending my money, driving or working.

Your passport and drivers license are digital. Your bank account is online and your employment information and tax payments are held online and assessed digitally - what do you think will change?

They'll go ahead anyway. This isn't coming from the UK government, but higher up.

Yeh you said. Labour aren’t doing too well so maybe it’ll backfire and they’ll be out anyway. With their dodgy ID plans.

Glad it's amusing for you. Not all of us have grown up in freedom so we're not so amused by the prospect of our civil liberties and freedoms being removed.

I'm not arsed tbh. Sounds like a good idea to me. Catching up with the rest of the world.

I am finding all of the frothing hilarious though

People haven’t noticed increased unrest pretty much everywhere, and then see what happens as climate change ramps up. In the next decade AI and services will pretty much become ‘the bedrock of the state’ as tweeted. They’re not joking.

The eradication of cash and introduction of a digital currency would help to stop illegal working. If the government know exactly where all our money is originating from and going to, then it'll be hard to pay someone without leaving a trail.

The government need people to work more, not less and the oil crisis has been replaced with climate change crisis and net zero.

This is in the background, it'll be used as soon as the infrastructure is in place. All under the excuse of carbon reduction.

If the government wanted to reduce individual's carbon footprint they could use your passport to ration flights. Much more effective. Bonkers to think they will start rationing fuel outside of a massive fuel crisis - and that wouldn't be prevented by having no ID, look at the 1970s 3 day week.

I don't see any problem with ID cards personally - and I think it would reduce illegal working. It won't completely prevent it but would help.

I’d be fine if you could use a paperwork app and those who don’t want or need that could make that choice.

And all employers employ people legitimately?

What exactly is the involvement of Tony Blair's son?

I don't love the idea of ID and I'm surprised at a Labour government going with it, but I'd expect it to be popular with the groups it's designed to appease. I don't like that either, but I like it more than the idea of a Reform government.

Remember another shelved and extremely unpopular idea was “pay per mile”: all cars would be tracked by GPS, and taxed according to mileage. Again, if this was in place in 2020, the government would almost certainly have used it to catch people breaking lockdown. This is why we don’t want these things in place at all.

Suit yourself and make use of hyperbole whilst you still can. AI and the massive data centres currently being built in the UK will soon deal with the massive amounts of information incoming from the population. Not to mention the algorithms required for such systems to be put in place.

because a physical ID can be forged.

Because it's not just going to be an identification card. Why would they bring in an id card to prevent illegal working if employers are already supposed to check id now?

If it saves me from digging through a mountain of paperwork every time I need to register for a service, because all I have to do is log in to an app and generate a little code, I’m happy to do so. I’m all for not having a filing cabinet of paperwork I need to rummage through.

Im fine with it if it closes any loopholes which can currently be exploited.
Ive got a drivers licence, passport, bank cards, blah de blah so whats the difference?

I have no concerns about the gubment tracking me, because quite honestly, we all carry a device around with us that tracks our every move, our every keystroke and conversation, knows our buying habits our browsing habits our likes, dislikes and location, and we carry that WILLINGLY.
If the gubment has nowt better to do than spy on a middle aged woman then best of luck to them.