Is it bye bye bye for UK Digital ID? As ORG’s @jim@social.openrightsgroup.org said, this scheme would risk “creating a digital surveillance infrastructure that will change everyone’s daily lives.” Another authoritarian assault on our rights could hit the shredder as Burnham heads to No.10. We’ll wait and see… https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/18/burnham-to-scrap-starmers-digital-id-scheme-in-reset-of-priorities #digitalid #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol