Digital IDs are the chains of a state that no free people should ever wear. With no mandate, no mention in Labour’s manifesto, and no public debate, Keir Starmer is preparing to roll out compulsory digital IDs for every British resident. It is the most brazen example yet of how authority is being expanded without consent – this is government overreach on steroids. We are already living in a climate of state intrusion. In the last year, free speech has been trampled on. Ordinary people have been arrested for little more than expressing their views online.

On average, 13,000 so-called “non-crime hate incidents” have been logged every year since they were introduced in 2014. These are not crimes, but thoughts and opinions recorded by the state. That is not the hallmark of a free democracy. That is the machinery of a state that fears its people and seeks to control them.

Now, into this atmosphere of censorship, Labour wants to impose digital IDs. Do not be fooled into thinking this is about immigration or safety. It is nothing of the sort. It is about embedding the state at the very core of our daily lives.

It is about centralising power, monitoring the citizenry, and stripping away freedoms. Once such a scheme is introduced, it will not be rolled back. Government powers only ever expand. The database will grow. Your independence will shrink.

Think about what digital ID means in practice. You want to open a bank account? Show your digital ID. You want to rent a flat? Show your digital ID. You want a job, medical treatment, even to travel?

The shadow of the state will loom over every step. The British citizen will be tagged, tracked, and tallied. A citizen so monitored is no longer free – they are managed.

And all this without a shred of democratic legitimacy. Starmer did not campaign on this policy. It was not put to the people. Yet here it comes, dressed up as a solution to Labour’s own failures on immigration and security.

Make no mistake – this is not a solution. This is the problem. When a government cannot control its borders, it turns instead to controlling its people.

Starmer knows his time is running out. His own backbenchers are beginning to mobilise against him, and his grip on power looks increasingly fragile.

This reckless push for digital IDs is a last-ditch attempt to impose on Britain a policy that has been the dream of his puppet master, Tony Blair, since 1997. Starmer’s desperation is not a reason for Britain to be shackled.

Digital IDs are the very opposite of the principles of freedom. They would be the gateway to surveillance, to political targeting, to silencing dissent. They are not a shield for our country. They are a weapon against its people.

We must resist this with everything we have. We must send a clear message to Downing Street: the British people will not stand by while their freedoms are stripped away. We will not be herded into a digital pen like cattle.

We will not be ruled by fear, compliance, and control. No to Digital IDs. No to tyranny. Britain must remain free.