It’s so silly, this has been tried and testing in lots of European democracies, they haven’t turned into authoritarian states.
BenathonWrigley on
He could turn around his poor polling numbers by implementing decent policy that actually improve people’s lives. Reopening sure start centres and lifting the two child benefit cap for starters. But yeh, digital Ids is what will help.
No one wants it, it doesn’t work and it’s not going to improve anyone’s life.
ap0c808 on
Someone somewhere in some position of power has been changing or pushing the legal system to act against civilians in manners no one wants or have voted for. The obvious reasons being greater control over narrative and greater income via fines.
No one in their right mind should trust implementation or the motive behind these ID cards. We already have passports and national insurance numbers.
potpan0 on
Government will ignore it, but that’s a hell of a lot of petitions in such a short amount of time.
It’s another one of those policies which doesn’t particularly please anyone (I’ve never actually seen someone say ‘I think ID cards are great’, at best just ‘They aren’t as bad as people say’), but it does piss people off enough to not vote for the party. The Starmer Special, really.
TokyoBaguette on
ID cards shouldn’t be controversial…
That said why does Starmer feel the need to screw himself once again by pushing something he should know doesn’t have any consensus and rubs people the wrong way? He really is politically stupid or what?
No-One-4845 on
It’s the OSA all over again. Polling shows widespread support for this kind of policy, and has done for years, but the terminally online denizens of Reddit will insist no one wants it.
TurnLooseTheKitties on
The problem with petitions is that they’re always ignored for a great many to have quit getting involved with the things of which undoubtedly has contributed to the rising lack of trust in government
But one wonders is latest brain fart Starmer’s new poll tax moment
DarkFlameShadowNinja on
Wasn’t there the recent Electronic-VISA and the former Biometric Residence Permit?
Why new Digital ID??
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Actually it’s close to half a million now:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
It’s so silly, this has been tried and testing in lots of European democracies, they haven’t turned into authoritarian states.
He could turn around his poor polling numbers by implementing decent policy that actually improve people’s lives. Reopening sure start centres and lifting the two child benefit cap for starters. But yeh, digital Ids is what will help.
No one wants it, it doesn’t work and it’s not going to improve anyone’s life.
Someone somewhere in some position of power has been changing or pushing the legal system to act against civilians in manners no one wants or have voted for. The obvious reasons being greater control over narrative and greater income via fines.
No one in their right mind should trust implementation or the motive behind these ID cards. We already have passports and national insurance numbers.
Government will ignore it, but that’s a hell of a lot of petitions in such a short amount of time.
It’s another one of those policies which doesn’t particularly please anyone (I’ve never actually seen someone say ‘I think ID cards are great’, at best just ‘They aren’t as bad as people say’), but it does piss people off enough to not vote for the party. The Starmer Special, really.
ID cards shouldn’t be controversial…
That said why does Starmer feel the need to screw himself once again by pushing something he should know doesn’t have any consensus and rubs people the wrong way? He really is politically stupid or what?
It’s the OSA all over again. Polling shows widespread support for this kind of policy, and has done for years, but the terminally online denizens of Reddit will insist no one wants it.
The problem with petitions is that they’re always ignored for a great many to have quit getting involved with the things of which undoubtedly has contributed to the rising lack of trust in government
But one wonders is latest brain fart Starmer’s new poll tax moment
Wasn’t there the recent Electronic-VISA and the former Biometric Residence Permit?
Why new Digital ID??