Today The Times reports in detail on Sir Keir Starmer's plans for the introduction of Digital ID cards.
It’s a very simple fact that if we want more effective enforcement against wrongdoers then we have to be prepared to give a little something ourselves.
We shouldn’t have to have locks on our doors to protect our homes from burglars but we do because it is a sensible precaution.
The same goes for ID cards.
If we want to deter people from coming here illegally we have to make it harder for them when they get here.
It’s fine saying ‘well, give them ID cards’ the sad fact is you can’t prove a negative. If we don’t all have them what is their obvious answer when asked for theirs?
No one wants ID cards but then again none of us want the need for locks (or for that matter even the police).
But in a world that comes with threats, and a fast changing one too, sensible precautions are necessary.
ID cards are the future.