The story of Britain’s fight against ID

If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future, please join us: 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 And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts! Follow us on Twitter | Follow us on Facebook | Follow us on Telegram | BigBrotherWatchHQ