Keir Starmer is already facing a furious backlash after announcing plans to force every British adult to carry a digital ID card. Within hours, the Tories, Reform, the LibDems and even Jeremy Corbyn all came out swinging against the scheme…
In less than 24 hours since the draconian policy was unveiled, four Labour MPs have broken ranks:
There will be more…
The unions have a long history of opposing ID cards, with the TUC vowing in 2008 to fight them “with all means at its disposal.” Guido’s been ahead of the curve on the Tony Blair Institute’s efforts to push digital ID, along with pointing out that the author of the original “Brit Card” was parachuted into DSIT as a SpAd. A reminder: last July, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told Times Radio: “We can rule that out, that’s not something that’s part of our plans.” Another lie…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”