Further to my last post, Corraled ?? The template letter to action an email to your MP, using the tool supplied, put together by Together and available on their site, is as follows: https://together.eaction.org.uk/notodigitalid https://together.eaction.org.uk/digitalid-6195-1219/submit

Having been horrified by recent press reports, I’m writing to urge you to oppose any move toward introducing digital ID or mandatory ID cards in the UK, whether through formal legislation or quiet policy creep. Britain has always rejected the idea that the state should monitor its citizens’ movements, relationships, or decisions. We are not a “Papers Please” country. The right to go about one’s life without constant surveillance or permission from the state is a core part of what it means to be British. Digital ID schemes threaten to undo this tradition of liberty and replace it with a bureaucratic checkpoint culture. This is being framed as a tool to “crack down on illegal migration” or fraud, but we should be honest about the trade-off. These systems would grant enormous power to the state and its contractors - at the cost of privacy, trust, and freedom. They risk punishing law-abiding citizens while doing little to deter determined criminals, who always find workarounds. The solution to illegal migration is proper border enforcement and clear law - not creating internal ID systems that affect everyone. We’ve also seen exactly where this leads. During Covid, digital passes and apps were used to divide society, restrict freedoms, and discriminate. That kind of overreach must not become permanent. There is also a serious financial and security concern. The government’s record on data breaches is dismal. Recent reports of criminal access to HMRC records show that any centralised digital ID system would become a prime target for hackers, foreign states, and bad actors. We should not be building vast new databases of personal data that will inevitably be compromised. I’m particularly concerned by the continued influence of Tony Blair, who has long pushed ID card schemes and now promotes digital ID through his foundation - with reported backing of £200m from U.S. tech billionaire Larry Ellison. The idea that British policy should be shaped by global tech interests, rather than our own values and electorate, should concern any Conservative. Above all, this is an issue of principle. The government should not force British citizens to carry a digital permission slip to live their daily lives. In fact, we need legislation to protect the right not to use digital ID - to guarantee that no one is excluded from work, healthcare, or civic life for choosing not to adopt invasive technology. Digital ID is an un-Conservative idea: expensive, illiberal, unnecessary, and fundamentally un-British. I urge you to take a firm stand against it.