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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
(petition.parliament.uk)
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this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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I honestly don't get the resistance to a standard ID card.
We already have passports, driving licences, and national insurance as work arounds to prove identity, so in and of itself I don't get why a proper one is a problem.
I've literally had to carry a driving licence for over two decades just to get a beer.
I carry my driving licence too, but by choice.
I've been to China. I don't want this place turning into China. You have to use your ID card for everything, from boarding trains to going to museums. And when you're not showing it directly, you're using something else that's linked to it- like digital payments.
And if we're having to present an ID card for the mundane it isn't a stretch to imagine the government having the ability to harvest that information.