I think you’re fighting the last battle. The world isn’t the same as it was.

Burnham isn’t Corbyn.

I think you are missing the big point that there is not much difference between the tories and labour. There is, apparently, no alternative and this is one of the reasons that the country is abandoning the centre ground and polarising.

A lame duck polling as bad as Starmer is, obstinately using the levels of party bureaucracy to hold back any alternative is only going to make a reform Government increasingly likely.

I thoroughly dislike the idea of a digital ID, but I still believe it would massively improve the Government’s ability to detect fraud, avoid multi-agency failures and support better data-led decision making - I could conceivably see these changes leading to significantly more than £1.8 billion in savings over a relatively short time-span.

This does not mean I support it in any shape, but I think it’s important to acknowledge that it isn’t only a means of better controlling people, but it could offer real tangible efficiency savings.

edit: On no, the downvote brigade is here and they have no time for reasoned debate.

How long before coca cola launch an unsweetened version and Nandos lets your Bring Your Own Bag (of sugar)?

Mandatory ID will mean he can do the same thing to naughty citizens as he does to the naughty Labour MPs.