Who are you?

One of the policies Tony Blair tried to push when he was in office was mandatory ID cards. There were all sorts of varieties and flavours of it. There were ideas of using things like phones and travel cards to bring it in. The idea was that if the mandatory cards couldn’t be introduce then we should look at a back means of getting it in place with something already used.

No surprise, the Tony Blair institute is now pushing for mandatory ID globally.

But this isn’t just a Blair concept. DC is keen to capture the digital data of everybody using any government service – you get that – the idea is that if you want to use any government service then information will be gathered about you.

What services do I use? I look for government guidance on COVID, I look up UK legislation, I look to see what parliament is doing. None of these things should require any of my information. Yes, you can provide a better service by analysing my use, but there is no need for my use of the parliament web site to be linked to my tax return.

With people misusing the current crisis to push their political ideals it is little surprise that conspiracy theories start to develop.

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