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Burnham backlash: UK Digital ID plans in peril if Manchester mayor succeeds Starmer

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Re: Burnham would come to dunce inane

Pick your poison.

Either you've got an ID card that can identify you with a single number, which is open to abuse.

Or you've got an NI number, drivers license number, NHS number etc, all of which can also identify you and all of which are equally open to abuse - and that's if you're lucky. If you're not lucky you've got none of these, and the Home Office will deport you without a second thought despite the fact you've been living in the UK since Windrush.

There's plenty to worry about with an ID card scheme, but the current situation isn't exactly roses.

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