The digital ID doesn’t even address the problem it supposedly solves. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
Chinese communist-style digital tracking is coming to the UK with a new “right to work” scheme in the form of a universal ID called the “Brit Card”. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, facing unprecedented backlash from native born citizens for his open border policies and two-tier justice system protecting migrants from prosecution, is attempting to exploit public anger to gain support for an Orwellian surveillance rollout.
The government says the mandatory ID, based on the UK One Login system, will help to stop “illegal” immigrants from crossing the channel by denying them access to work. The UK One system was introduced in 2023 and is built on biometric tracking; similar programs have been attempted for two decades in the UK but they have been consistently thwarted by public pressure.
The problem with the immigration claim is that it is a clearly baseless con.
Take note that Starmer distinguishes “illegal migrants” as the targets of the ID, but most immigrants coming to the UK are allowed in legally, aided by numerous subsidized programs and asylum policies. Starmer’s choice of words is very deliberate and highly disingenuous.
NOW – Starmer to require all UK adults to own government-issued digital ID, allegedly to “stop the boats.”pic.twitter.com/K8KiZijv0I — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 25, 2025
The growing protests in Britain complain about illegal and legal migration; the government has simply made most migrants legal with limited vetting. At no point has Starmer said he will end asylum policies or take real precautions to stop physical entry. In other words, the flow of migrants will continue and a digital ID would do nothing to stop the majority of them. The ID also would not solve the problem of the millions of third world migrants already allowed into the country.
To put this in perspective, nearly 1 million migrants entered the UK in 2024 alone (net migration is around 500,000 per year on average) – Only 40,000 of those migrants came by boat or were designated as “illegal”. The Brit Card is a fake out, a lie to placate the nationalist movement in the UK while simultaneously introducing more government power.
The replacements laugh at the control grid matrix.
It was never meant for them.