No it won’t work. Plenty of people don’t have driving licences. This would systemically exclude many blind and disabled from participating in society. Driving licence photocards don’t even have any chips in them, nor a machine-readable zone.
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hellothere@sh.itjust.works 15 hours agoI completely agree with not wanting the UK to be China.
But I do see these as separate things - the same issues you describe could be done with driving licences, if someone was mad enough to try.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 14 hours ago
wewbull@feddit.uk 14 hours ago
No they can’t because we use them for different things. One ID means one system that tracks everything. Also, you don’t have to have a passport. You don’t have to have a driving license. Everybody needs an NI number to work, but it’s not an ID (No photo, DOB, etc).
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 14 hours ago
This is a perfect explanation. They could make a national insurance photocard if they’d like. Maybe have police require that you present it within a timeframe. It’s the same with driving- you can drive without your licence photocard in the car, you just have to drop into a police station within two weeks if you haven’t presented it when asked.