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Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Yikes that does sound a bit Commie ...

Authoritarian yes, I don't think communism really comes into it... Plenty of examples of authoritarian capitalism.

But yeah it was going to contain biometric data (fingerprints, iris scans I think?) and was supposedly to reduce identity theft etc. but it was several steps too far. Really dystopian stuff. Cameron's conservatives scrapped it, one of the few good things they did, but I honestly imagine Boris and pals would be all for it.