It’s one shambles after another… www.no2id.uk/2026/cough-u...

Move fast, fix things…. Who does the clean up? (With an aside on the very odd location by the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk and cameo from the yimby bros) www.no2id.uk/2026/move-fa...

This week’s bulletin www.no2id.uk/2026/no2id-b...

What has government just said to itself about ID? www.no2id.uk/2026/jan-csw...

We’ll be doing more much-loved (and still worn!) NO2ID metal pin badges. We’ll send some to those who donate more than £40 – your donations will help us do the first manufacturing run, which takes a month. www.no2id.uk/donations/

I can choose my bank, I can choose my online supermarket, I can pick where I buy books and clothes and watch TV. I cannot choose whether or not to interact with the state, it is not the same as going shopping.

Details matter www.no2id.uk/2026/no-u-tu...

Government has to write things down www.no2id.uk/2025/governm...

HMRC’s mess with the HO data are an example of plans to “shut down the legacy state” www.no2id.uk/2025/child-b...

UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in: - A 46% false fraud rate - Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped - Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Josh Simons, the junior minister responsible for digital ID (and former Labour Together director) has promised govt will embark on “the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered in this country" to deliver digital ID. www.publictechnology.net/2025/11/05/s...

The upcoming ID Cards consultation www.no2id.uk/2025/upcomin...

It is almost impossible to have a coherent response to govt's plans for digital ID because it keeps changing its mind about what it's for. With Darren Jones at the helm, the new plan is to use it to "shut down the legacy state" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

This story gets more ridiculous by the day But now we know airlines are giving passenger data to the Home Office, who are passing information about travel* to HMRC, who then use it to make decisions about stopping benefits (*or, in this case, not travel) www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Today in the Database State www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Reading the Blair Government’s argument for ID - section by section www.no2id.uk/2025/respond...

An irregular reminder that part of the UK government's digital ID plans is to put an "authoritative proof" of everyone's residency status in a smartphone IDwalletthingy by next election (so mid-2029...) Complicated cases, like this, are gonna need a lot of care www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The government has responded to the petition “Do not introduce Digital ID cards”, which currently has 2,755,731 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

On Friday my phone blew up with messages about BritCard. I don’t think it’s a tech test. It’s a trust test. 2m+ signatures against already. If trust isn’t designed in from day one, BritCard risks repeating the same failures that killed past ID schemes. My take medium.com/writing-by-i...

GOV.UK One Login is a mess. Alongside reported security issues & missing features like delegation & support for business, it breaks the government’s identity assurance principles: it's impossible to switch easily between different One Login accounts. How did it ever pass a service assessment?

This is very good from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Of note “Greater efficiency in public services [from Digital ID] did not come out in the research as a high priority for the general public, who instead want to see other improvements in their daily lives.”

History shows that when democracies face crises, strengthening and reinvigorating democratic participation is essential to prevent democratic backsliding and the rise of authoritarianism. This is not that.

Will people arrested at a protest for human rights action on Palestine have to unlock their phones to show their ID to the police? bsky.app/profile/arts...

I'm seeing so many takes around parts of the "ID card" melange, I have to add a few. It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.