Starmer’s new Digital ID push is somehow more embarrassing than the last

Since Labour’s historic defeat in the Caerphilly by-election, Keir Starmer has been tweeting his support for Digital ID. Most people agree this is an strange, because Digital ID is a historically unpopular policy. As such, it’s an odd choice for a historically unpopular PM to double down on the policies which have driven his unpopularity:

Keir Starmer has FOUR community notes from the last DAY calling him out for his lies and authoritarianism pic.twitter.com/SCxQJrHuC8

— Tiberius (@ecomarxi) October 24, 2025

Kier Starmer vs community notes

As stated above, people have added community notes to several of Starmer’s Digital ID tweets. In the one above, users highlighted that employers already need to check a person’s ability to work here legally. As such, Digital ID would only affect employers who operate outside the law (except it wouldn’t affect them either, because they’re already operating outside of the law).

In the following tweet, Starmer claimed:

I recently spoke with someone buying a house with her partner.

She told me that she had to pay just to verify who she was.

With digital ID that could be done in seconds and wipe out the costs.

Digital ID will save you time and money.

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) October 24, 2025

So we could actually just solve this issue by banning estate agents from charging for AML checks?

People had other issues too:

This tweet begins like he’s about to announce something to fix the housing crisis, then you continue reading and see he’s banging on about digital IDs again. https://t.co/gMWk1NgALx

— Karl Hansen (@karl_fh) October 24, 2025

we’re unveiling a nationwide mass surveillance database of our citizens that will almost certainly be privatised and sold off to the corporate sector, in order to save one house buyer a small amount of admin https://t.co/3W2eAA12xn

— Stan’s Account (@tristandross) October 24, 2025

It’s odd how this went from zero to top of the agenda straight after the US tech bros paid a visit. https://t.co/aj5Iz7mIFA

— barney farmer (@barneyfarmer) October 24, 2025

In the next tweet, Starmer seemingly reveals that he’s filing his bills in an old drawer. This probably isn’t what you want to hear from the guy who’s supposed to be managing the country:

You’re right there, Keir! The RIGMAROLE of having to root around to find an old bill to open a bank account, something most people do by 18, is such a ballache! A huge problem, we can all agree. Please, take all of my personal details and send them to an American data farm. https://t.co/320keN1hJT

— HarvesterStallone (@HarvesterStallo) October 23, 2025

Are we supposed to think he’s telling humorous anecdotes about opening multiple bank accounts in the attached photos? https://t.co/87xqBnAVzu

— Willem Moore (@willem_moore_uk) October 24, 2025

I don’t think anyone disagrees with this next one; they just think Digital ID will change our lives for the worse:

Digital ID has the potential to transform our day-to-day lives. pic.twitter.com/Mp0MV28VMi

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) October 23, 2025

Keir Starmer is obsessed with using state power to smear and punish his political opponents. The last thing the public wants is to hand this authoritarian freak even more control. https://t.co/d3jrQr9Ymn

— Karl Hansen (@karl_fh) October 23, 2025

Every post he does on this gets ratioed.
Hugely ratioed.
He will keep trying.
We must keep telling him what we think.
More importantly, we must never comply. https://t.co/ThHZFVWjNk

— Dr Zoe Harcombe, PhD (@zoeharcombe) October 24, 2025

The famously dishonest Starmer has also been urging people to trust him:

Ask him how he intends to control what future governments do, just as past government commitments not to use terrorism laws against domestic political dissent didn’t stop him from proscribing Palestine Action. https://t.co/cWD6TmCAWo

— Joe Guinan (@joecguinan) October 24, 2025

Digital revolution

As we’ve reported in the past, Digital ID won’t solve the problems which Labour claims it will. Labour has pointed to the issue of ‘shadow economies’ of illegal work, and yet they’ve also highlighted Estonia as an example of a successful Digital ID rollout. The problem is that Estonia’s shadow economy was twice the size of the UK’s even with Digital ID:

The billionaire backers of Digital ID are also saying sinister things like this:

The man behind the digital ID push is Larry Ellison, owner of Oracle, CBS, CNN, and, soon, TikTok. He wants data centralization and total surveillance. “Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re constantly watching & recording everything that’s going on.” Terrifying. https://t.co/mb05XvnOAx pic.twitter.com/cUx45ORy2F

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) September 27, 2025

It’s unclear why Starmer has chosen to double down on this dreadful policy just as voters are doubling down on hating him, but it is funny to watch.

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