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Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID (www.thetimes.com)
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I wouldn't normally post Times articles but they seem to be the first to run this bit of rare good news.

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[–] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I genuinely don't understand everyone complaining about u-turns. Setting aside that this isn't really a u-turn, they're still doing it, just won't be mandatory.

Would you rather a government that dogmatically sticks to every single idea they have regardless of public opinion, or a government that changes its policies in response to feedback?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    My issue is the government coming up with ideas that everyone can see from the outset are doomed to fail, for seemingly arbritray reasons, and then rolling them back when the inevitable happens.

    Winter fuel being the most glaring: we need to show the banks we're fiscally responsible, we then have no material change in how the banks view the government but have a minor shift in the forecasts for 5 years time, we've done it, we're fiscally responsible now so pensioners can have their £500 back.

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