By David Furness

Keir Starmer’s unpopular Labour government is racing to impose digital ID on everyone. Starmer argues that digital ID will help it regain control of our borders.

The Labour Party did not mention the topic of digital IDs in its 2024 election manifesto; so why mention it now?

Starmer is not a nationalist leader; he is a globalist. This explains the Labour Party’s stance on immigration. However, the people of Britain are fed up with the globalist mantra of ‘No Borders’

Labour Party advisers have told Starmer that Labour is likely to be beaten at the next General Election and every subsequent election. Those advisers are likely to have said to Starmer that his popularity is plummeting and he is regarded as the most unpopular Prime Minister in living memory.

Starmer and his delusional followers are now very nervous. They want to be seen as ‘doing something’ about immigration; that’s why they support digital IDs.

Other countries, such as India, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and many others, have implemented digital IDs; however, this has not stopped illegal immigration. 

Imagine a scenario where the Labour government introduces digital IDs, and it disapproves of your political views. In such a situation, the government could misuse this system to restrict your access to public transport, education, the internet, the right to vote and many other areas of life that we take for granted.

Consider a situation where a person does not have a digital ID or does not have the ‘correct’ information on their digital ID to enable them to be in Britain. Then, all that person has to do is utter the magic words—”I claim asylum!”

The immigration crisis and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) go hand in hand. Policies that offer generous welfare benefits, accommodation in 3-star or 4-star hotels, mobile phones, free meals, free internet access, etc., to illegal migrants have made the situation worse and acted as a magnet to economic opportunists.

The ECHR has enabled activist lawyers to prioritise the rights of migrants over those of law-abiding British citizens.

Instead of introducing digital IDs to resolve this immigration crisis, the British Democrats believe that we must leave the ECHR, the UN 1951 Refugee Convention and focus on placing the needs of law-abiding British citizens above those of migrants and international economic opportunists.

A petition calling on the Labour government NOT to introduce digital ID for all British adults has surged past one million signatures just hours after Starmer unveiled his misguided proposal.