The U.K. may be about to get even more dystopian. Prime Minister Keir Starmer proposed a plan last week that would require every adult in the United Kingdom to have a digital ID in order to work in the country, with these IDs becoming mandatory by 2029. Employers would be required to consult an app-based system containing a person’s name, photo, birth date, nationality, and residency status, rather than check physical IDs or National Insurance numbers (the U.K.’s version of a Social Security number) before hiring.
“The proposals are the government’s latest bid to tackle illegal immigration, with the new ID being a form of proof of a citizen’s right to live and work in the UK,” reports Sky News. “The so-called ‘Brit card’ will be subject to a consultation and would require legislation to be passed, before being rolled out.”
In the U.K. and the U.S., authorities already employ an array of government-issued identification mechanisms—passports, physical driver’s licenses, Social Security or National Insurance numbers. So how different could a digital ID be?
Very different, say civil libertarians, privacy experts, and cybersecurity gurus.
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I’ll chime in. In the US, the government will just look the other way or make it easy, with no proof, for illegals to get an ID.
The government talked about the ID to end all IDs since HW was president. Clinton and his pro-UN flunkies did too. GW most likely had his globalist handlers pushing for it, specifically the REAL ID crap.
It might slide through in a few years. But I wouldnt hold my breath.
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