This should absolutely terrify you. We live in an age of rising authoritarianism. The prospect of a right-wing authoritarian government in the UK is far from a fantasy. Combine with ever more sophisticated surveillance tech - and consider how dissent could be made impossible.

I firmly oppose the government’s plans for compulsory digital ID cards. This is an affront to our civil liberties, and will make the lives of minorities even more difficult and dangerous. It is excessive state interference — and must be resisted.

I have a driving licence to prove that I have passed a test to drive. I have a passport to prove my identity and nationality when I travel abroad. I don't need to prove who I am to anyone in my own country unless I choose to. I refuse to have a compulsory digital ID card.

Liberal Democrats cannot support mandatory digital IDs. People shouldn't be criminalised just because they don't want to hand over their private data.

BREAKING: The Scottish Government has confirmed it opposes Labour's plans to introduce compulsory Digital ID

I stand with DHH because they’ll come for me next. Eventually they’ll come for you, too. It’s time we put our feet down and say “no” to these losers who demand everyone share their exact opinions or get smeared, fired, etc. Let’s usher in a new era of OSS: one where everyone

We need to make Digital ID Starmer's Poll Tax. They are unnecessary, dangerous and will do nothing to end illegal immigration. Everyone across the political spectrum must unite to oppose them.

In 1825, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in England. George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 pulled wagons of coal and passengers alike. It was the first public railway to run on steam, with iron tracks that reshaped the world. #BookWormSat Art: John Dobbin

cinesthetic. The Big Sleep... and one of the best single scenes ever, thank to Dorothy Malone...........

Why is the BBC paying license payers money to advertise their celebrity traitors reality show slop on Amazon prime, also paid for by the tax payer?

I'm convinced that 40/50% of house price inflation is not inflation at all but homeowners investing in the house. It's a money pit.

Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.

"hospital managers telling me that they cannot get consultants to work five days a week because it would cost them more money. Or I get emails from IT contractors saying that they turn away work for the same reason,” ... when a pay rise is a 20K pay cut. telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/news…

Looks like we might have a proper summer in the north east by 2100. "Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The X algorithm is bombarding me with Grace Kelly posts. It sure knows me.

This scene from Waterloo Bridge alone, the acting, the story, the score, the directing, everything is perfect

The last time I posted a sketch by the great Stanley Baxter, who will be 100 years old next May, it went down rather well. It was the one where an old woman’s holding an orgy and the local priest calls to complain about the noise, only to be invited inside to participate! This

He may be celebrating his 70th but he’s got the energy of a 30 yr old!! Happy 70th to my wonderful & utterly brilliant friend Timmy. What an inspiration with his cycling, his painting, his curiosity, his endless energy. What a legend &what fun we had last night💛🥳💛🥳

My generation needs its own Rocky. Not a film about the making of Rocky. Not a reboot of Rocky itself starring Sylvester Stallone again. We need a raw, original underdog story made by someone with actual life experience. Stop rebooting/remaking this. Give us someone new to love.