Editor’s Note: We are resurfacing this article because the conversation evolved. As new developments unfold, this earlier reporting provides crucial background and perspective.
The British Cabinet Office confirmed that the controversial Digital ID cards would no longer be compulsory for those seeking employment. This, according to a British news source, is the 13th time Prime Minister Keir Starmer has had to swallow his pride and back down.
Last December, his government reversed a plan to raise taxes on farmers, months after it backed down on cuts to welfare spending and scaled back a proposal to reduce subsidies on energy bills for the elderly. His famous “Let me spell it out, you will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have a Digital ID” line has been shelved for a more modest helping. This means that Digital ID cards will be optional, allowing workers to choose whether to use alternative methods of proving their identity.
A government spokesperson had this to say: “We are committed to mandatory digital rights to work checks. Currently, right-to-work checks include a hodgepodge of paper-based systems with no record of checks ever taking place. This is open to fraud and abuse. We have always been clear that details on the Digital ID scheme will be set out following a full public consultation, which will launch shortly.”
“Digital ID will make everyday life easier for people, ensuring public services are more personal, joined up, and effective, while also remaining inclusive.”
Tory MP Mike Wood, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, said, “While we welcome the scrapping of any mandatory identification, this is yet another humiliating U-turn from the government. “Wood concluded by pointing out, “Keir Starmer’s spinelessness is becoming a pattern, not an exception. What was sold as a tough measure to tackle illegal working is now set to become yet another costly, ill-thought-out experiment abandoned at the first sign of pressure from Labour’s backbenches.”
Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokeswoman Lisa Smart said, “It was clear right from the start this was a proposal doomed to failure, that would have cost obscene amounts of taxpayers’ money to deliver absolutely nothing.”
Just a few months ago, a poll by the More In Common think tank showed that public support for the ID cards had plummeted from 53% to 31% in the wake of Starmer’s backdown. What is worse is that more than 2.8 million people have now signed a petition on parliament’s website opposing Digital ID cards.
The plan is also facing cross-party opposition from the Tories, Lib Dems, Reform UK, and SNP. Britain has a history with ID cards. A history that this present PM either does not know or forget. Britain has not had compulsory identity cards for ordinary citizens since shortly after World War II. The idea has long been contentious. Civil rights campaigners argue it infringes personal liberty and puts people’s information at risk.
Even Former PM and Climate Preacher Tony Blair tried to introduce biometric ID cards two decades ago as a way of fighting terrorism and fraud, but the plan was abandoned after strong opposition from the public and Parliament.
Considering this massive push back by British citizens, opposition Conservative Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake said, “Labor’s only consistent policy is retreat.”
It is extremely important to note that the British government never used the word quit when it comes to their plans to enslave citizens through Digital ID’s. The words used were scale back, U-turn, and a few other temporary sentiments.
All over the globe, including Canada, the citizens must not only be vigilant, just like the Brits, but also watchful as hawks. Britain is only a tiny slice of what these globalists see as their plantation. Therefore, no citizen will be safe until everyone stands united against the fangs of Agenda 2030. Do not mistake a retreat for surrender ever. It will come as no surprise if the British government repackages Digital ID and presents it again sometime soon.
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