Mixed feelings on the action plan for the mandatory digital identifier ID cards
The proposal of mandatory digital identity cards strikes at the heart of what it means to be a British (Starmer to detect digital identity cards in the plan that was appointed to ignite civil freedoms, September 25). Our unwritten constitution depends on the principle of hard disposal that we are citizens, not government citizens. Free persons who are not required to carry the papers at the request of power – authority is our servant, not our master. Nowadays, the state may ask us to identify, but it cannot force us. This distinction is not a corridor of the law but a line in the sand – it defines the relationship between people and power.
Britain has long stood on continental traditions to monitor the state. The freedom to wander in an individual’s work was always more than the need to show the papers more than just rest; It is a calm confirmation of dignity, freedom and trust in people. For surrender, which will not be just a technical change, but a constitutional rupture. We must resist it with all the clarity and passion it deserves, such as betrayal.
Dorian Kelly
Colchster, Esix
“The plans of Tony Blair have been abandoned in the 2000s” – this is not completely true. the ID cards law The royal approval was received in 2006. Then steps were taken to implement, including the issuance of cards (used for me instead of a passport on various occasions). Jackie Smith, then the Minister of Interior, announced in 2008 that, by 2014-15, it was possible to issue 90 % of all foreign citizens in the country with a card.
However, the first work of the Teresa May when the Interior Minister in 2010 became to cancel the legislation, abandon identity cards and prepare a photo to actually destroy the hard disk that contains data in the national identity record. Her decision strongly weakened this country to control immigration, with the catastrophic consequences that we see today. I am pleased that this government intends to re -establish a modern digital system.
Charles Clark
Interior Minister, 2004-06
As a retired director, I find myself screaming when I hear politicians distorting how digital identity works. They clearly have a primitive understanding of him when they talk about “carrying a digital identifier on your smartphone.” This is not the way the system will work.
What is proposed is for anyone who has the right to live and work in the UK to obtain biometric details (usually, pictures and fingerprints) on a government database. This actually happens in many cases (for example when applying for a passport or work visa).
In addition to the risk of keeping this central data, there is a problem with how to access data. Yes, you may be able to carry a copy on a smartphone, but how safe your phone is? Many people sacrifice security for comfort. Yes, the employer may need access to the database, but how will this be controlled? This is a box of worms and I hope that the politicians can explain it precisely.
John Robinson
Deal, I was
Why does Keir Starmer not mention the most important feature of identity cards, which makes voting easier and simpler? Framing the issue in terms of controlling immigration instead of strengthening democracy talks about volumes about the extent of his government abandoned the last residues of socialism. Even when he does the right thing, it is for wrong reasons.
Andrew Halidai
Bremen, Germany
Here in France, where I lived since 1997, ID cards are a great comfort. It is invaluable when registering a car, dealing with banks, applying for loans, entering the hospital and many other daily situations. On the border in Spain, reception staff requests them in hotel while check -in. No one here understands the madness of greatness in Britain. But our identity cards are material. If you are Care Starmer, I offer papers and forget digital.
Martin Castilian
Liran, Areej, France
I doubt that non -conscience employers employ illegal immigrants, or immigrants themselves, will be deterred by a national identity card that seeks to prevent both parties from breaking the law. They already know that they are doing it. It is called “shadow economy” for some reason.
Mike Galvin
Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
I assume that those who depend on opposition to a digital identifier on the threat represented by storing their data on the central computer system will not visit the European Union countries once they are forced to provide fingerprints and a picture of travel to those countries (will the new fingerprint entry system in the European Union cause the Guardian War, September 27).
Mike Lukok
Sandbach, Cheshire
Why the uproar around ID cards? I still have a national registration card, which was issued in 1943 and signed by my father. I cherish her.
Helen Evans
Rothin, Denibashire