The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.

Suck my balls.

  • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
    301·
    3 days ago

    It’s one of those things, that if done well, in a privacy respecting way, would be awesome!

    … But they don’t want it to be privacy respecting…

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
    28·
    3 days ago

    At this point I’m convinced he’s deliberately doing everything he can to make himself unpopular.

    • Serpent@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Someone told me that he is there for the sole purpose of destroying the labour party. Which is ridiculous… isnt it?

  • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    21·
    3 days ago

    So UK’s biggest IT project ever …any chance that it will be delivered on time, within budget and working as intended?

    Will the vendor be Fujitsu?

    • luisgutz@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      Ah! Nice one… But no, it will be Oracle. They have paid Tony Blair about £250 in the last few to spew their nonsense, and Larry Ellison has spoken loudly about well behaved everyone will be once they can monitor everything we do.

      Sounds like a police state paradise.

  • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    3 days ago

    I’ve heard rumours they are even going to call it the “Brit Card”.

    Say no to Starmer Cards and the surveillance state.

  • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    This will make fuck all difference. Employers already do background checks, I’ve always had to give some kind of ID whenever I’ve started a new job, and there will always been employers that don’t do any checks.

    In theory, this should be one of those things that should make accessing services easier, but we all know this will be a foot in the door to more authoritarian bullshit and be yet another opportunity to show government incompetence.

  • twinnie@feddit.ukEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    Now Reform will start piping up about how they will block this and they’ll get even more votes. Between this and the age verification stuff I’m almost considering voting for them but I can’t stand the idea of Nigel Farage being PM and they keep trying to emulate Trump.

    • tazeycrazy@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      Reform have been pushing hard for electoral ID and migrant worker verification. So im sure this will be a u turn for one of them. But it will be interesting to see witch.

      • twinnie@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        I’ve just been reading the BBC article on it and it says that every other party is against them being compulsory. I don’t think this’ll make it through.