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72 years ago today, on 21 February 1952, Winston Churchill’s government scrapped ID cards. Why? In his words, to “set the people free”.
Today is an important day to say loud and clear: no national ID, no vaccine ID, no voter ID, no digital ID.
Here’s a short story about how and why Britain rejected ID cards with Silkie Carlo.
0:00 – Introduction
0:33 – National Registration Act 1939
01:06 – Willcock v. Muckle 1950-51
01:56 – Blair’s ID cards 2004
02:32 – No2ID campaign 2009
03:33 – Vaccine ID 2021
04:39 – Voter ID 2023
05:49 – Digital identity system 2024
06:10 – The fight for privacy
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