By John Q. Hosedrinker 
The UK government plans to implement a mandatory digital ID, dubbed the “Brit card,” for all adults to tackle illegal immigration. This digital ID, accessible via a smartphone app, would be required for employment and renting properties, verifying an individual’s right to live and work in the UK. The initiative aims to reduce the appeal of illegal work, addressing concerns over the ease of faking existing identification documents and following calls from figures such as French President Emmanuel Macron. Despite opposition from various parties and civil liberty groups, the government is moving forward with this plan, which would necessitate legislation and a consultation period before being rolled out.
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It’s a bit of a head-scratcher, isn’t it? Right after the Online Safety Act, we hear about this. The timing feels… interesting, to say the least. It’s almost as if Labour is trying to tick off a list of things that weren’t exactly fan favorites from previous administrations. It makes you wonder, what’s the real goal here?
People who are willing to employ those here illegally aren’t going to change their ways because of a digital ID card. They’ll still pay cash, or resort to other, more questionable practices. This whole thing feels like a misguided attempt to address illegal immigration when other measures already exist. We already have checks on the right to work and live in the UK. If you’re happy employing or renting to illegal immigrants you’re hardly going to be bothered about a plastic card. And let’s be honest, how likely is this to actually work? It all feels a bit dystopian, like a step towards a social credit system.
The question on everyone’s mind is: how exactly is this going to stop illegal immigration? It’s a valid point, considering we already have systems in place to check someone’s right to work and live here. It’s not like this is a brand new idea. Other countries have ID cards, and some, like Finland, seem to get on just fine. But it does beg the question: why now? And more importantly, how will this system really address the core issues?
One of the biggest concerns is that this wasn’t something mentioned in the manifesto. This obviously feels like the plan from the start. The public didn’t have a say in this, which is a bit worrying. How does an ID system, which already exists in other forms, correlate with illegal immigration? What about people who don’t have internet access or a device to display the digital ID?
There’s the potential for a lot of human rights court cases, the NHS declining to treat illegals who don’t have a card. The concern is that it’s a loss of privacy disguised as protection. Large IT projects often face massive failure and overruns, costing billions. This seems to be forcing it through with such a claim. It will get hacked immediately and won’t change immigration; it’ll just add another unfixable hole in personal security.
The common thread through this entire discussion is the negativity toward anything new. People are bombarded with fear and told to panic. It’s a manufactured problem with a pre-manufactured solution that seems to offer no positive outcomes for the issues it claims to address. The real question is, what are the measures and what are the positive outcomes?
The claim is that it’s for safety and to stop immigration. But, let’s be real, this feels more like a tool for surveillance and control, as it is serving no purpose for illegal migration, especially considering what’s already in place. The use of the illegal immigration issue feels like a smokescreen in order to get more control over the population. It seems like they are deliberately causing anxiety.
Isn’t it interesting that passports, driver’s licenses, and national insurance numbers have worked just fine all this time? This plan seems to be designed to monitor you for other things and is completely unnecessary. It feels like a very Orwellian move. If you’re not happy employing or renting to illegal immigrants you’re hardly going to be bothered about a plastic card.
What about this? Wouldn’t a compulsory ID card for those who can’t prove their identity some other way be less oppressive for the local population and have the desired effect? The irony is that it’s already normal across the EU.
So, what’s the actual point? We already have so many forms of identification. Will this really change anything? It is a really simple question: how will this crack down on illegal immigration? The people coming from the boats are claiming asylum, and they’re covered. Those who work on the black market, even without digital ID, would be easy to prove if they have the right to work, but they don’t go through the process, which they wouldn’t do with digital ID.
The thing is, this isn’t new. Other countries do this, and they seem to be doing okay. It’s almost like there’s an allergy to ID cards in the UK, which is bizarre. Why is it that we seem to be so resistant to something so commonplace elsewhere? The real question is, if we give up real privacy to US corporations through data, why is it such a struggle when the government wants to centralize the basic ID data it already has in other places?