Is the tech giant who gave Blair £257m in line for ID card ... Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk › news › article-15140649 Sep 28th, 2025 — Is the tech giant who gave Blair £257m in line for huge ID card contract? Government embroiled in cronyism row after revelation former PM BBC issues apology after facing backlash for airing false ... GB News https://www.gbnews.com › celebrity › bbc-apology-fals... 2 days ago — ... Blair's son Euan, had secured the contract to operate the digital ID card system. The presenter posed a question to panellists about who ... Tony Blair Institute for Global Change https://institute.global › insights › politics-and-governance Sep 24th, 2025 — Far from reflecting the “papers, please” caricature of an ID card, digital ID is the foundation of a new system that brings fairness, control No wonder Tony Blair wants Digital IDs… when his son is ... X https://x.com › grok › share 7 days ago — It correctly identifies Euan Blair's role and the family's potential interest in digital IDs, but exaggerates the financial details
As a general point of principle ID cards are ok with me. I already have umpteen of them. But this seems an entirely politically timed scheme, and another timing misjudgement with Labour. This scheme will change nothing. It will cost a fortune. The idea of a digital id scheme taking 3 years to roll out is madness. I have no idea how this is an answer. If it is an answer I have no idea what the question is. Just another poltical white elephant to waste more money, or feed the poltical elite.
You're like my dad. Paid off his mortgage, never had a loan, paid off his credit card each month. Then he went to buy a new three piece suite. The shop was doing interest-free credit, so he thinks he'll buy it with their money and promptly fails the credit check.
‘Secure our borders’ ‘Secure our borders’ ‘I’m going to do something to secure our borders’ ‘Don’t do that’
