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Digital ID is the biggest step towards a
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surveillance state this country has ever
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faced in my lifetime. If any government
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wants access to every detail of your
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life, they are the ones who should be
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feared. We live in a country where the
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state can't even run a basic IT system
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without losing data or leaking personal
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details. It won't last a week before a
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mountain of sensitive personal data is
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left at a bus stop in Kent again.
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I do not trust any government. I
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certainly do not trust this government.
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And let us remember once government gets
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a new power, it never gives it back. It
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expands and evolves. Digital ID will not
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stop at proving who you are. It will
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creep into travel, banking, housing,
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benefits, even voting. Today it's
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voluntary. Tomorrow it will be required
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for security reasons. The day after
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that, you won't be able to access basic
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services without it. All for your own
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Britain is supposed to be a country
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where the government serves the people,
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not the other way round. A country built
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on privacy, liberty, and trust. British
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people just want the government to leave
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them alone and get get out of their
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lives to build a business, raise a
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family, and live in peace.
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Digital ID treats every citizen as a
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suspect. It assumes that the state has
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the right to look over your shoulder.
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You defend it by severely limiting the
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power of the state, not radically
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expanding it. Abolishing jury trials,
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cancelling elections, implementing
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facial recognition, and now this. This
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incoming dystopian future must be
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resisted. I will be holding my own
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protests against this creeping move
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towards George All's animal farm. I will
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simply not comply. I will not be
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downloading a digital ID. I urge other
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MPs to commit to do the same. The
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solution is obvious. I'll just have to
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reinvest in a Nokia. I prefer preferred
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the simplicity of it anyway. The sound
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people of great Yarmouth do not want
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digital ID. Thank you.
