{"id":316247,"date":"2025-10-04T05:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=316247"},"modified":"2025-10-06T07:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:22:28","slug":"so-the-digtal-id-narrative-is-falling-apart-and-yet-i-have-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=316247","title":{"rendered":"So, the Digtal ID narrative is falling apart\u2026.and yet I have doubts."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian Oct 2, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>And so the UK\u2019s Digital ID is official. Not legal, no laws have been passed, not even real in the sense it exists at all. But it is <em>official<\/em>, with the full backing of the Labour Government.<\/p>\n<p>I have talked and written extensively and at length about the planned rollout of Digital ID, the many and varied uses of Digital ID and the pervasive danger to liberty posed by Digital ID. They have pitched it as a solution to every problem, it has been on the agenda for twenty years.<\/p>\n<p>The official announcement is, possibly, the least surprising news there has ever been.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, suddenly, I find myself doubting the sincerity.<\/p>\n<p>Let me explain.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine you\u2019re watching a movie \u2014 a mystery thriller or whodunit \u2014 and as the story progresses you\u2019re assessing clues and forming your theories. You have a suspect, you think you know who the bad guy is going to be.<\/p>\n<p>Then, about halfway through, you start doubting yourself. There\u2019s too much evidence. The movie seems to be making it too obvious, the main characters are openly accusing your chosen suspect and there\u2019s still an hour left. You start asking\u2026is he the fake-out villain? Will the twist be he was wrongly accused?<\/p>\n<p>After an odd two weeks, that\u2019s where I find myself with digital ID. I\u2019m genuinely beginning to think they might just\u2026not.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m seeing resistance from quarters I wouldn\u2019t expect, and I\u2019m suddenly questioning the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>I remember Covid, I remember that Covid sceptics could barely get likes on Twitter, let alone get to go on Question Time or write columns for the Telegraph or Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>I know what it looks like when an agenda is being sold hard and no opposition is brooked.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t look like this\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Members of Parliament are opposing it, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libdems.org.uk\/nodigitalid\">every<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPCUsQ8D9AR\/\">single<\/a> party including Labour. Labour mayors are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/andy-burnham-gives-keir-starmer-35985189\">likewise against it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Every single party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5yv2gj5pd4o\">in Northern Ireland<\/a> is against it as well, with the First Minister calling it \u201cill-thought out and ludicrous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Articles and letters critical of the scheme are appearing in papers across the spectrum from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/09\/29\/countries-where-id-cards-work-and-why-britain-would-fail\/\">the Telegraph<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2025\/sep\/27\/britons-on-keir-starmer-plan-digital-id-cards\">the Guardian<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/36847044\/sir-keir-starmer-no-mandate-digital-id-plan-britain\/\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Labour Ministers, and Keir Starmer himself, are being challenged in TV interviews \u2013 <em>with pertinent, reasonable questions<\/em>. That never happens unless someone powerful wants it to happen. It CAN\u2019T happen by accident, because interviews are discussed and questions vetted beforehand.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\uf6a8KEIR STARMER COLLAPSES UNDER QUESTIONING ON DIGITAL I.D<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bosses who want to hire illegal workers aren&#8217;t going to check for their Digital I.D&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well we have to be really clear they must check&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But they&#8217;re not going to are they&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a clown \uf921 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FpZtKjJ5Of\">pic.twitter.com\/FpZtKjJ5Of<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basil the Great (@Basil_TGMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Basil_TGMD\/status\/1972256402740740555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A petition against the plan allegedly gained over a million signatures in 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s at <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.parliament.uk\/petitions\/730194?ref=ed_direct\">nearly three million now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Somebody created this 30-foot tall sand art of Sir Keir, and the police were dispatched to remove it:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BritCard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BritCard<\/a> &#8211; Police quickly came to remove this sand art &#8211; insane! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jrjDeqmUlk\">pic.twitter.com\/jrjDeqmUlk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ivor Cummins (@FatEmperor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FatEmperor\/status\/1973697263823184282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I look around and suddenly find myself on the same side as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daviddavismp.com\/welcome-to-papers-please-britain-id-cards-threaten-our-privacy-and-individual-rights-writes-david-davis-mp\/\">David Davis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-15137189\/BORIS-JOHNSON-never-accept-government-ID-card-never-use-one-asked-produce-one-refuse-hope-you-too.html\">Boris Johnson<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/politics\/25497912.owen-jones-stand-digital-id\/\"> Owen freakin\u2019 Jones<\/a> and I start to doubt.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like that Stonetoss comic meme, <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/opposites-attract-tug-of-war\">with the tug of war<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stonetoss-cartoon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-316248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stonetoss-cartoon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"716\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stonetoss-cartoon.png 716w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stonetoss-cartoon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 716px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m surprised by the players on my team. It makes me wonder if the rules of the game have changed.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe there\u2019s a bait-and-switch coming.<\/p>\n<p>It might be the reaction to Digital ID will be such a defeat for Starmer that he resigns, perhaps causing a new general election, leading to a Reform win and Nigel Farage as Prime Minister. That seemed crazy a few years ago, but I can\u2019t shake the idea now.<\/p>\n<p>It might be that Starmer immediately scraps the plan, and this is held up as an example of his \u201clistening to the will of the public\u201d and \u201cthe system working\u201d and our side gets a much-needed win.<\/p>\n<p>Both these possibilities account for the headlines hammering home Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2025\/09\/27\/starmer-least-popular-uk-prime-minister-poll\/\">apparently cratering<\/a> approval <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/more-than-half-of-labour-members-do-not-want-starmer-to-lead-party-into-next-general-election-poll-13439467\">rating<\/a>. The former also accounts for the Tory\u2019s comparatively weak denunciations of the Digital ID plan, since they would likewise need to step aside to allow Reform to win the government and give us our British Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also possible that the UK will be used as a \u201ccontrol group\u201d on Digital ID.<\/p>\n<p>Those criticizing or blocking it will be shown up and embarrassed somehow. A terrorist attack will take place that \u201ccould have been prevented by Digital ID\u201d, maybe. Or the next \u201cpandemic\u201d or other global event will be shown <em>\u201cto have done less harm in countries that had digital ID in place and were able to respond more efficiently\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Or, similarly to Brexit, the UK\u2019s lack of Digital ID will see us fall behind in contrived economic metrics of some kind that are in turn used to excuse our deliberately sabotaged cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>However it unfolds, it just feels like there is too much opposition \u2013 too much broadcast, mainstream opposition \u2013 for this to proceed along the prescribed lines. Some wrinkle is coming.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it\u2019s possible that insiders and media-types know that Digital ID is now a <em>fait accompli<\/em>, so they boost their anti-establishment, pro-freedom credentials safe in the knowledge their opposition will make no difference whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>That does happen.<\/p>\n<p>But, whatever <em>does<\/em> happen, I should be clear about three things.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><strong> Digital ID is still going to happen.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A digital ID system is foundational for the \u201cGreat Reset\u201d world; plans for digital currency and 15-minute cities and all the rest of it rely on the keystone of digital IDs. They already exist in many countries around the world and will exist in dozens more by the end of next year.<\/p>\n<p>Even if this iteration of it ends up being scrapped, it will still happen, just under a different name and probably introduced by the very people most vocally opposing it right now.<\/p>\n<p>What I\u2019m talking about here is the possibility of a localised delay and\/or rebrand, not an abandonment.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h3><strong> Digital ID is STILL a bad thing.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This is not me flipping sides and going pro-Digital ID just because I don\u2019t like agreeing with Owen Jones. Not even I am that much of a contrarian. I\u2019m not changing my position on Digital ID \u2013 it is bad. Any world without it is almost certainly preferable to a world with it.<\/p>\n<p>If it retreats in the face of opposition, even as part of a long-term bait-and-switch psy-op, that is still better than it being implemented immediately.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h3><strong> We are still winning.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This is not a blackpill take. I\u2019m not suggesting that all resistance to Digital ID is fake and we can\u2019t win. The opposite, in fact. If I\u2019m right, what we\u2019re seeing is a response to widespread opposition, a move designed to harness and then redirect the momentum of organic resistance.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what I\u2019m warning against, I suppose. The possibility that we could be handed a \u201cwin\u201d on digital ID that is immediately parlayed into something else. Slingshot around the moon and back down to earth.<\/p>\n<p>Like when you\u2019re pushing against a foe who\u2019s pushing back, and they suddenly\u2026stop. You find yourself pushing against nothing and your apparent sudden \u201cvictory\u201d destroys your control.<\/p>\n<p>You have to be aware of that, even as you push.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the Battle of Hastings. Harold and his Saxons had the high ground; they were holding firm, and a dozen Norman charges couldn\u2019t punch through. But when the Normans feigned a retreat, the Saxons, filled with the unexamined joy of victory, gave chase and abandoned the tactics and position which was winning them the battle.<\/p>\n<p>And then they lost.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the Saxons were winning until they were sure they had won.<\/p>\n<p>So I guess what I\u2019m saying is stay on the high ground and keep the shield wall up even as they retreat, because I just don\u2019t trust it.<\/p>\n<p>I could be wrong, it does happen. Maybe I\u2019ve just been in the minority so long I don\u2019t trust being in the majority.<\/p>\n<p>To return to our movie metaphor, sometimes a plot twist is so plainly obvious and so ham-fistedly telegraphed and so painfully contrived you\u2019re sure it must be a red-herring\u2026but it\u2019s not. It happens.<\/p>\n<p>People do write bad movies, and our political landscape has resembled little more than a very bad movie for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Support Off-Guardian:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/offguardian\">Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/offguardian\">Subscribestar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=CKFB3MH8CGB9U\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2025\/10\/02\/so-the-digtal-id-narrative-is-falling-apart-and-yet-i-have-doubts\/\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a plot twist is so plainly obvious and so painfully contrived you\u2019re sure it must be a red-herring but not always. It happens. 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