We just dont trust our own goverment to not use the data malicously, its a bare basic instinct the majority of the country has.
ID cards have always been related in the public view directly to police states and authoritism, whenever you see one of those old films the first thing the person in authority says is “papers please”. Thats something a majority of british people have been brought up on and its ingrained in us so much, the very mention of an idea pushes us all to shout no.
We just dont trust our own goverment to not use the data malicously, its a bare basic instinct the majority of the country has.
ID cards have always been related in the public view directly to police states and authoritism, whenever you see one of those old films the first thing the person in authority says is “papers please”. Thats something a majority of british people have been brought up on and its ingrained in us so much, the very mention of an idea pushes us all to shout no.