I wouldn’t normally post Times articles but they seem to be the first to run this bit of rare good news.

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    23 hours ago

    I can’t read the full article, but it says it’ll be optional. That sounds like they’re still wanting to develop it, spend the money, and then say “well now we’ve got it, it would be silly not to use it!”

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      22 hours ago

      Exactly, this is how Labour force ID, then on to verifying your ID before you can use the internet, all posts will be moderated by government AI produced by Palantir

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        21 hours ago

        From the BBC article:

        The Liberal Democrats said the policy was “doomed to failure” from the start and called for “the billions of pounds earmarked for their mandatory digital ID scheme” to be spent “on the NHS and frontline policing instead”.

        Damn right. We want our money spent on something useful.