Keir Starmer expected to announce plans for digital ID cards

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/25/keir-starmer-expected-to-announce-plans-for-digital-id-cards

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Blackmist@feddit.uk · 19 pts · 329d (2 replies)

Well that's bound to be popular.

He might as well wear a Reform badge at this point.

ctry21@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 329d (1 reply)

Honestly it does feel like he's campaigning for them at this stage. I don't think anyone is going to like this policy, even the far-right who he is trying to appease with this aren't going to trust a mandatory government app on their phones.

Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 329d

Those eejits get their knickers in a twist over the emergency alerts broadcast system! Which is one of the most privacy respecting methods of communication on your phone!

kbal@fedia.io · 12 pts · 329d

Making Britain less attractive to illegal migrants, at the cost of also making it less attractive to everyone else.

Codpiece@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 329d (3 replies)

Will I need to use it to access websites?

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 16 pts · 329d (1 reply)

Got your wanking license, mate?

Codpiece@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 329d

Not yet, I believe it’s in hand.

thehatfox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 329d

Well, this will do nothing to hinder illegal migration. So the question is what do they want it for?

Flamekebab@piefed.social · 6 pts · 329d

No, thanks. Waste our money on something else. How about waterslides?

AWittyUsername@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 329d

OSA - Europe attempting to pass laws to allow them to see private encrypted messages - Digital "ID"

Aliktren@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 329d

Because we have all this spare money to spend...