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Samizdata quote of the day – I will not comply Let me make my position unequivocally clear: I will not comply. If this scheme becomes law, I will resist it with every fibre of my being, joining the ranks of those who have historically stood against arbitrary power. This is a fight we cannot afford to lose, for it edges us closer to the continental nightmare of citizens as compliant serfs, beholden to an all-seeing state.
To understand the gravity of this threat, we must first confront the profound dangers it poses to our civil liberties. At its core, a mandatory digital ID transforms the relationship between citizen and state from one of mutual respect to one of constant suspicion and control. Imagine a world where accessing basic services, banking, healthcare, employment, or even public transport, requires scanning a digital credential that logs your every move.
This isn’t hyperbole; civil liberties organisations like Big Brother Watch have warned that such a system would create a “bonfire of our civil liberties,” enabling mass surveillance on an unprecedented scale.
– Gawain Towler
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Just to clarify; do you actually have civil rights inherent in the individual in britain? Or are what pass for civil rights there subject to the will and whim of those in power?
Subotai Bahadur
For those who don’t know, Gawain Towler was press officer for Nigel Farage & UKIP and subsequently for Reform UK. Although he is no longer in a press roll at Reform, he is, I have no doubt, still very much a key insider.
Nigel and Reform UK will resist this, and, once elected, repeal it. In the meantime, it will push the party’s support up by a few percentage of the electorate. All the more so, given that the leader of the opposition has, incredibly, decided to sit on the fence about it.
Aetius.
Indeed, Gawain was elected to the Reform Party board, so yes, he is very much on the inside.
Damn this government to hell, and the Blairite knaves and fools promoting National ID cards.
The “debanking “ saga was but a taste of the problems that can arise.