{"id":284406,"date":"2025-10-05T09:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-shuts-down-britcard-digital-id-idea\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:05:10","slug":"labour-shuts-down-britcard-digital-id-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-shuts-down-britcard-digital-id-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour shuts down &#8220;BritCard&#8221; digital ID idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/bxSBbUiX050\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Labour shuts down &quot;BritCard&quot; digital ID idea\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bxSBbUiX050\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Government&#8217;s new digital ID card will not be known as a &quot;BritCard&quot;, 10 Downing St has confirmed<\/p>\n<p>The digital identity card &#8211; unveiled last week by Sir Keir Starmer &#8211; was immediately dubbed &quot;the BritCard&quot; as that was the name given to the scheme by Labour Together, the influential leftwing thinktank close to Number 10, in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of a &quot;BritCard&quot; immediately led to push back from politicians in devolved UK regions, notably Northern Ireland where nationalists would have boycotted the scheme if it were known as a &quot;BritCard&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with GB News&#8217; Chopper&#8217;s Political Podcast, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said he had been given assurances that the new ID card would not be called the Brit card.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &quot;I can confirm it\u2019s not called a BritCard. I understand the civil liberties argument. And if this is something that would be used around stop and search and things of that, I think that would be a step too far.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7 Chopper&#8217;s Political Podcast is available now.<\/p>\n<p>#AnasSarwar #Labour #DigitalID #ukpolitics #GBNews <\/p>\n<p>Beat the system with TallyMoney. Gold you can spend. Discover more by clicking here: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/tallymoney #ad<\/p>\n<p>The purchase of gold and investment in bullion is not FCA regulated nor do they benefit from the protections of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme or the Financial Ombudsman Service. The value of your investment can go down as well as up. Consider the risks involved before choosing to invest. 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