It's a farce from the "top" down. The man's an idiot so probably easy to manipulate. Starmer's obviously not the sharpest tool either and is clearly being manipulated.
This crap gets more depressing by the day. Once digital ID is in place it's game over. What happened to our country? This stuff is being pushed through deliberately in the full knowledge of the consequences. The only tiny ray of hope is if Reform get in they'll reverse it.