As Suspected, It’s State Control Disguised now as “Voluntary Convenience” CONSCIENTIOUS CURRENCY The UK Government’s consultation document, Making public services work for you with your digital identity, proposes a national digital identity system “to modernise […]
UK govt angers privacy advocates with digital ID consultation The UK government wants feedback on its deeply unpopular plan to usher in a new era of state surveillance under the guise of a digital ID […]
The quiet expansion of digital ID in 2026 shows how convenience is becoming the gateway to compliance, one app update at a time. KEN MACON The British government is broadening its effort to move official […]
IAIN DAVIS . Chatting with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in December 2025, UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: [M]y ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means […]
IAIN DAVIS . UK social media was alight a couple of days ago (at the time of writing) with various individuals and groups congratulating each other, and even taking credit, for forcing the Labour government […]
They can soften the language, but dystopia is still on the agenda. CAM WAKEFIELD By now, you’ve probably heard: The British Labour government is not bringing in mandatory digital ID. Rejoice! The freedom-loving Brit can […]
UK government makes Digital ID cards,” VOLUNTARY (rather than compulsory) yet another U-turn PETER HALLIGAN In a temporary victory for those wishing to keep government out of private lives, the Labour government has “decided” (for […]
Crystal balls How the coming digital tyranny could play out THELIGHTPAPER They addicted us to this online world then turned it into a prison with rewards for compliance and sanctions for dissent. We were lured […]
A ban meant to shield children from extremism could instead redefine the very idea of privacy in a connected world. KEN MACON Britain’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws, Jonathan Hall KC, has urged the government […]
Ministers secretly plot to tag babies with lifelong surveillance tech STEVE WATSON The UK government’s digital ID push is escalating into outright dystopia, with ministers privately floating the idea of assigning digital identities to newborns […]
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