UK petition against mandatory digital ID SMASHES 2 million signatures

Opposition is mounting as critics call Keir Starmer’s proposed scheme a blatant threat to civil liberties.

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  |   September 29, 2025   |   News   |   2 Comments

 

The petition calls on the UK government to commit to not introducing mandatory digital ID cards. AP/supplied

A petition opposing the government’s plan for mandatory digital ID cards has rocketed past two million signatures, fuelling a fierce national debate over privacy and state control.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled Labour’s proposal on Friday, announcing that every adult would need a digital ID by the end of this Parliament.

The petition, titled “Do not introduce digital ID cards,” argues that “no one should be forced to register with a state-controlled ID system,” calling it a “step towards mass surveillance and digital control.”

Only five petitions have topped one million signatures in the past decade.

Starmer insists the cards, stored on smartphones, will be an “enormous opportunity” to curb illegal working. “Let me spell it out, you will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID,” he told a conference of progressive leaders.

“It’s as simple as that because decent, pragmatic, fair-minded people, they want us to tackle the issues that they see around them.” He added that progressive politicians have been “squeamish” about stating “things that are clearly true.”

Nigel Farage blasted the plan as “un-British,” warning it would “become a means of controlling the population, of telling us what we can do or say, or even tracking where we go and what we spend.”

“During the pandemic, we had to have vaccine ID to travel and to do various things. Did that stop the pandemic spreading? No it did not. All it did was to impose costs and inconvenience on the general population. Why would anybody trust the government to hold massive data banks of information about how we live?,” he said.

Critics across the political spectrum have joined the backlash. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch dismissed the proposal as a “gimmick that will do nothing to stop the boats,” while the Liberal Democrats vowed to fight it “tooth and nail.” Reform UK labelled it a “cynical ploy” to fool voters.

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  • Bernhard Jatzeck
    commented 2025-09-29 21:25:35 -0400
    I imagine Starmer knows that there are at least 2 million “traitors” in Britain, eh?
  • Bruce Atchison
    commented 2025-09-29 19:12:58 -0400
    Keir Stürmer more like. He wants the power even Adolf Hitler dreamt of having. I hope thisBrits-krieg petition shakes Parliament to its foundations. I also hope dead-brain leftists wake up and see the danger a digital government ID will pose. The UK must not become a western province of China.