Let Us Swipe Your Life

Presumably on the assumption that those who would lay down their lives for whoever happens to own the government of the day can be duped into just about anything, Team Starmer is offering military veterans the chance to be test animals for the BlairCard™ digital panopticon and pleb incentiviser. While the Blessed Tony's data collection boondoggle will start as optional for the master race, it will be compulsory for anyone who needs to prove their right to work; and doubtless future administrations will take due pains to make life as inconvenient as possible for anyone un-British enough to opt out. Blithely brushing aside the fact that the current parliament cannot bind its successors, the Minister for Muskification promised that the BlairCard™ will not be used to track anyone whose citizenship hasn't been arbitrarily revoked and that the data systems absolutely will not be privatised; which is unquestionably a pledge as absolutely reliable as any Team Starmer has ever made.