Labour’s push for a “surveillance state” has been blasted by Alan Miller, amid reports that the Government will “U-turn” on mandatory Digital ID.
Speaking to GB News, the Chair of the Together Association declared that the idea of implementing a “snooping service” for Britons is “abhorrent”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to make his 13th U-turn since his tenure and climb down on having “mandatory” Digital ID.
Ministers are understood to be considering making the planned Digital ID Right to Work checks voluntary rather than compulsory, according to PoliticsHome and The Times.
Hitting out at the Government, Mr Miller told GB News: “First of all, congratulations to all the brave British public that got out and campaigned locally, regionally, nationally, hundreds of thousands of flyers, protests, campaigns, lobbying people like yourselves that covered this issue.
“We were outside Labour Party conference with the farmers, and now is the moment that many people in Britain are getting together, people against Digital ID, people in hospitality, farmers, many things are being U-turned.”
He added: “But there’s a big reason why we’re saying we have to have a digital Bill of Rights, and that is that we’ve still got one login.
“One login is something that eight million directors are being forced to sign into. There are ways around it, we’ve got the information on our website togetherdeclaration.org.
“We’ve also got the Children’s Well-being Schools Bill, which prescribes a Digital ID number immediately to children from birth right the way through without any discussion or consent.
Alan Miller hit out at Sir Keir Starmer’s latest U-turn on mandatory Digital ID
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“We also have lots of concerns around how one login, which people talked about a Digital ID card, but it’s the infrastructure also links to other areas, pensions, driving licences and others.”
Hitting out at Labour’s push for “state surveillance” of Britons, Mr Miller explained: “Now we at Together believe in technology, we’re not technophobes, we think it’s fantastic. But the idea of state surveillance and scrutiny and snooping services are abhorrent to us.
“So we’re going to carry on campaigning. We know that the department for Work and Pensions, for instance, can go into people’s bank accounts. We know there’s been de banking, there’s big questions around cash.”
He added: “But also around privacy and encryption, what’s happening with a discussion about banning X, Elon Musk who’s done more than most to promote open debate, and Grok, the whole idea that you use the Online Safety Act.
Keir Starmer is set for his 13th major U-turn as mandatory Digital IDs are to be scrapped | GETTY
“Another part of this digital operators to silence people in the name of protecting children.
“But in infantilising us all and frankly, the British public has had enough of being gaslit and being told it’s one thing and then it’s another.”
Remaining determined to campaign against digital surveillance, Mr Miller declared: “So I want to say thank you to all your viewers and listeners because really the GB News audience has been remarkable in this. But we have to stay vigilant and we’re going to continue.
“There’s a rally this Saturday in London about the children’s bill, and there are a number of events we’re doing around the country.”
He said: “The May 7 elections, they’ve got backbench issues in Labour in the Government, but they’ve also got this concern, that’s going to be another moment to really drive through this alongside some of our other big concerns around net zero and the Assisted Suicide Bill.
Mr Miller told GB News that he will ‘keep campaigning’ against a ‘surveillance state’
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“But Digital ID is front and centre, so well done everyone, but we have to keep fighting. We encourage everyone to get involved with that around the country with us.”
He concluded: “The Government’s living in a complete bubble, it’s special advisers don’t know what day it is. You can see that from the farmers, from discussions around bars, but also particularly on Digital ID.
“When you debate and thrash out ideas in public with the public, and if we take the public seriously and have them engaged, then that’s what democracy is all about.
“And this Government never had this in any manifesto, thought it could just spring and drop on us this idea with a spurious claim around illegal migration, then chop and change from convenience to health.
“And there are an array of other areas as though it’s like some drunk person in a bar just spewing mad things, and the British public, who by the way, have all now experienced what two-tier policing and judiciary can mean, that thousands of people have been imprisoned because of non crime haters.
“They’ve seen what happens when you raise questions and they’re fed up. So I think it’s really important that’s happened.”