Unpopular opinion: Tony Blair’s failure to push through ID cards precipitated Brexit because it left UK Gov without a robust method of understanding who was actually in the country, as well as no mechanism to calibrate the flow of people in and out of the country. Digital ID is finally coming to the UK - there is understandable furore, risk attendant on data privacy, ethical and sovereignty concerns with the involvement of Palantir and yet, from an employers perspective, this innovation will alleviate the red tape burden of checking on right to work.
Good essay on how it’s technically going to work.