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Susie Violet Ward · 2w
Andy Burnham is scrapping the Labour government’s digital ID scheme as one of his first acts as prime minister. The policy was never included in Labour’s 2024 manifesto. Despite this, Keir Starme...
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> as a tool to combat illegal migration

How would that even make a difference? Passports already have a chip, so if the goal is to deport every illegal person, just check everyones passport?

Of course that's not the goal. Neither is protecting children (by deploying digital identity as an age verifying tool).

Is anyone paying Blair for this campaign?
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Susie Violet Ward · 2w
Exactly right ….it makes no difference to whether someone has the right to work. The checks, documents and immigration records are already in place, and many are already digital. This only centralises them through a new digital identity system. Selling that as a solution to illegal migration...