THE DIGITAL ID JIGSAW.

Almost three million people have signed a petition opposing the creation of a Digital Identification system. No convincing argument has been made for it and there is mounting concern about possible mass surveillance.

In the modern electronic world, everything can be monitored. This includes physical movements (eg pedestrian and motor vehicles recorded by cameras), social media transactions (Facebook, TikTok, X etc), financial transactions (tax and bank records and purchases), benefits, health records, criminality and electronic communications. In the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) all these can be brought together for every person and can be tied to a Digital ID. Your opinions, relationships, purchases, what you read, and your political attitudes and affiliations can be identified. A complete digital picture of you and who you interact with can be assembled.

In Britain the ‘Army Information and Psychological Operations Unit’ has the responsibility for monitoring the ‘information environment’. Their responsibility is mass surveillance and ‘narrative control’ of ‘national security’ issues. They play a pivotal role alongside the ‘Defence and Security Media Advisory committee’ in shaping propaganda.

Larry Ellison is the second richest man in the world. He owns the tech company ‘Oracle’ and is one of a group of tech billionaires who ‘rule the planet’. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has consistently advocated digital ID systems, and Oracle's founder Ellison is a close friend. The digital ID offers lucrative opportunities for Oracle to secure government contracts.

The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has been ‘gifted’ £257 million from the Ellison Trust to pursue this digital information agenda. The TBI and Oracle have expressed particular interest in NHS data. In an increasingly privatised NHS, pharmaceutical and insurance companies will want this data. Oracle's IT company Cerner already has contracts with the NHS.

These Tech companies finance both the political parties in the USA with billions of dollars. They dominate politics and the information space – literally everything electronic. Ominously, Ellison has made the point that the presence of such systems means that people are more likely to ‘behave’ themselves – especially if the information is coordinated through a digital ID system because everything can be traced.

Ellison is also a big contributor to the Israeli military and is a close friend of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The recent genocide in Gaza has increased opposition to Israel. Netanyahu has publicly stated that TikTok, Facebook and X are ‘warfront’s’ that Israel needs to dominate to ‘control the narrative’ about what is happening in the Middle East. Ellison is also a close ‘friend’ and financier of Donald Trump. He has just acquired TikTok.

Power-hungry megalomaniac ‘Sir’ Tony Blair, a close collaborator of Kier Starmer, has recently been made a Lord. Previously he showed no interest in titles, but a rumour is spreading that he seeks a return to ‘power’. He will not be the first Lord that became Prime Minister. Lord Alec Douglas Home did this in 1963. The Digital ID is a dictator’s wet dream. Is it the reason Blair wants to return?