UK Digital IDs

Reform don't want digital ID's as it might actually do something about illegal immigration their main hobbyhorse.

Think there was something about immigrants using other people's National Insurance Number,but if they're working off the books anyway it ain't going to matter.

I think there was a similar clutching of of the pearls here over the Public Services Card. Most of Europe operate a national ID system the UK and ourselves are outliers.

All good points. There will most likely some petition forming against it, which it already seems to be happening.

The thing is personally I am not against a "Papiere bitte" and "weisen sie sich aus" culture in "ze German style" nor do I have some sort of "mass surveilance" problem.

I also have nothing agains some kind of biometric ID card which makes access to government services like online tax declarations or some other things more secure, - registering a car, registering to vote, etc….. "Ze German Personalausweis" does offer that option as well as far as I know.

What bothers me is that "smartphone crazyness" and that this kind of digital solution most likely makes a smart phone mandatory, regardless if 90% of the population have one or not. I am clearly against that.

I still use a pay as you go phone, which is registered with Vodafone UK. British smart phone contracts do have an issue with roaming especially post Brexit, plus I don't fancy the extra monthly bills for a smart phone as well.

Thus I have the opionion, why not use a British passport? It's already biometric. Employers and HR require it. And if not British, a passport copy with the relevant visa is required, most likely also biometric these days. ( like those ILR cards they issue these days)

This idea of a new digital ID seems just another crazy political idea which solves nothing, costs taxpayer money, least of all migrants arriving in boats or working illegally.

Given the relationship various UK politicians have with organized lobby groups, there are bound to be wealthy IT entrepreneurs offering incentives to politicians in the expectation of contracts heading their way.

Rumoured that Multiverse is going to get the lucrative contract - set up by Tony Blairs son, Euan

Bluffer in chief cannot answer the basic questions

The thing about the rubber boats is that they disappear when reaching the coast of England and it’s well known that they are loaded into truck containers and taken back to France for the next load of migrants to paddle across the channel.

the digital ID will come here but not yet too much heat on it in the UK. We will more than likely have it just planted on us like the migration pact without any discussion. I think the heat in the UK is very good as it wakes some more people up to the dystopian future where a little card dictates your travel based on carbon foot prints, your electricity usage, food purchases. Its all in the WEF literature but like the vaccine people are not prepared to go down the rabbit hole & they just accept anything for peace !

if you have a driving license, a passport, a medical card a public service card why do you need anything else !

Illegal immigration. You need one to work, it'll have a photo and your insurance number

Our PSC is mainly for social services.

You already need an NI number to work.

Most illegal immigrants who are working are not doing so in the legit economy and their employers are not checking for NI numbers and will not be checking for BritCards either.

That name is going to ensure ~45% of the population of NI won't touch one with a bargepole too.