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I do find some of the hysteria over ID cards rather strange given how much data the government already holds .

We happily have driving licences , passports etc . Once again No 10 comms have been useless .

You get out there , frame the debate before others do . Starmer should have had an evening news conference, laid out the plans and stressed it isn’t just about the boats .

If Labour wanted to introduce this, it should have said so in its manifesto. It’s a policy for which it should have obtained a democratic mandate, particularly because it has been proposed and scrapped before.

Do you guys want to “stop the boats” or what? I would prefer we didn’t have compulsory ID cards but ultimately we need to do something different and this is one thing to try

No it isn't.

Anyone hiring anyone illegally, cash in hand, already is breaking the existing laws.

Anyone hiring anyone legally, is already taking proof of right to work in the UK.

Stopping the boats by introducing ID cards is about as meaningful as wearing a balaclava to prevent pregnancy.

This probably sums up how a lot of people opposed to ID cards feel.

"Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
British people don’t ask for much, really. A chance to raise a family in a safe town, with a good job and an opportunity to build a bit of security for the future. A place for their children at a solid school, the odd GP appointment when they need one and a police force that will actually turn up if there is ever trouble.

In short - we just want to get on with our lives in peace, with as little interference from the state as possible.

That really isn’t too much to ask, is it?

Please just leave us alone. That’s the British way. I like it like that.

Instead, we are being dragged into a world where the Government wants to track, log, and verify every aspect of our existence. I don’t want that. The British people don’t want that. We certainly didn't vote for it.

Let’s be clear. This has got absolutely sod all to do with illegal immigration.

I’m not even going to discuss that.

It’s about control. That’s it. The slow creep of a surveillance state that says you cannot live, work, or travel without proving yourself to the system first.

It happened once, during COVID. It was a disaster, as many of us said at the time.

Putting aside the morality behind the scheme, the Government will NOT be able to do it. These people are incompetent, the state is incompetent, it is all incompetent.

Do you trust them to effectively run such a scheme? Without leaks, breaches and cyber attacks?

It will be an unrelenting shitshow - I promise you that.

And what? We don’t have anything else to be focusing on? The country is such a utopia that vast amounts of Government time, energy and resource will now be spent fighting to implement this scheme? Really?

When it is introduced, it will grow and grow. We will never get rid of it.

We must draw a line in the sand, now. Sign the petition, write to your MP, make your voice heard. It does matter.

As an MP, I will do everything in my power to fight this - in Parliament and through Restore Britain, where plans are already underway to expose and fight the plans."

https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1971816994316984476

Thats a very good summary from Lowe

It is mad situation that Starmer has dragged us to, that Lowe is the voice of reason.

Why is the last roll of the dice from the process state always sodding ID cards?

I suggest we have a piLot scheme. Anyone working for the govt needs a BritCard.

If after 25 years there have been no data leaks, nothing untoward happen, expand it to NHS workers.

Then in about 50 years time, maybe see how it has worked?

This probably sums up how a lot of people opposed to ID cards feel.

"Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
British people don’t ask for much, really. A chance to raise a family in a safe town, with a good job and an opportunity to build a bit of security for the future. A place for their children at a solid school, the odd GP appointment when they need one and a police force that will actually turn up if there is ever trouble.

In short - we just want to get on with our lives in peace, with as little interference from the state as possible.

That really isn’t too much to ask, is it?

Please just leave us alone. That’s the British way. I like it like that.

Instead, we are being dragged into a world where the Government wants to track, log, and verify every aspect of our existence. I don’t want that. The British people don’t want that. We certainly didn't vote for it.

Let’s be clear. This has got absolutely sod all to do with illegal immigration.

I’m not even going to discuss that.

It’s about control. That’s it. The slow creep of a surveillance state that says you cannot live, work, or travel without proving yourself to the system first.

It happened once, during COVID. It was a disaster, as many of us said at the time.

Putting aside the morality behind the scheme, the Government will NOT be able to do it. These people are incompetent, the state is incompetent, it is all incompetent.

Do you trust them to effectively run such a scheme? Without leaks, breaches and cyber attacks?

It will be an unrelenting shitshow - I promise you that.

And what? We don’t have anything else to be focusing on? The country is such a utopia that vast amounts of Government time, energy and resource will now be spent fighting to implement this scheme? Really?

When it is introduced, it will grow and grow. We will never get rid of it.

We must draw a line in the sand, now. Sign the petition, write to your MP, make your voice heard. It does matter.

As an MP, I will do everything in my power to fight this - in Parliament and through Restore Britain, where plans are already underway to expose and fight the plans."

https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1971816994316984476

This probably sums up how a lot of people opposed to ID cards feel.

"Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
British people don’t ask for much, really. A chance to raise a family in a safe town, with a good job and an opportunity to build a bit of security for the future. A place for their children at a solid school, the odd GP appointment when they need one and a police force that will actually turn up if there is ever trouble.

In short - we just want to get on with our lives in peace, with as little interference from the state as possible.

That really isn’t too much to ask, is it?

Please just leave us alone. That’s the British way. I like it like that.

Instead, we are being dragged into a world where the Government wants to track, log, and verify every aspect of our existence. I don’t want that. The British people don’t want that. We certainly didn't vote for it.

Let’s be clear. This has got absolutely sod all to do with illegal immigration.

I’m not even going to discuss that.

It’s about control. That’s it. The slow creep of a surveillance state that says you cannot live, work, or travel without proving yourself to the system first.

It happened once, during COVID. It was a disaster, as many of us said at the time.

Putting aside the morality behind the scheme, the Government will NOT be able to do it. These people are incompetent, the state is incompetent, it is all incompetent.

Do you trust them to effectively run such a scheme? Without leaks, breaches and cyber attacks?

It will be an unrelenting shitshow - I promise you that.

And what? We don’t have anything else to be focusing on? The country is such a utopia that vast amounts of Government time, energy and resource will now be spent fighting to implement this scheme? Really?

When it is introduced, it will grow and grow. We will never get rid of it.

We must draw a line in the sand, now. Sign the petition, write to your MP, make your voice heard. It does matter.

As an MP, I will do everything in my power to fight this - in Parliament and through Restore Britain, where plans are already underway to expose and fight the plans."

https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1971816994316984476

Thats a very good summary from Lowe

It is mad situation that Starmer has dragged us to, that Lowe is the voice of reason.