Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is pressuring his successor, Sir Keir Starmer, to implement sweeping measures that critics warn could erode civil liberties under the guise of modernization.
Blair is advocating for a national digital ID system, live facial recognition cameras, and even compulsory vaccination—policies he claims are necessary to secure the country and flush out political opposition.
While Starmer’s government is already exploring digital driving licenses and passports, Blair insists these efforts must go much further, urging the Labor leader to embrace a full-scale surveillance infrastructure.
His proposals, outlined in The Times, suggest a dramatic expansion of state control, sparking concerns over the future of personal freedom in Britain.
What the populists do is they take a real grievance and they exploit it but they very often don’t want to have a solution because solutions are much tougher than talking about problems.
The grievance would be on immigration that the thing is out of control. The grievance would be on crime that we’re not doing enough on it. So you say, ‘OK, here’s what you do’.
And then you have a big political fight. The populist is forced to choose. You’ve got to create an agenda that the other side has to respond to.
Right-wing populists do offer solutions to Britain’s record-breaking mass migration influx – for example, simply capping visas issued at a set level – but in an interview with The Times, Blair implies they have no proposed policy fixes and that digital ID can fill this gap.
We are putting in place the building blocks for it, so that’s good.
But we should embrace it fully and roll it out as soon as we can because it will have an immediate set of benefits, the Iraq War architect told the newspaper, which revealed he is in regular contact with Prime Minister Starmer and his Cabinet.
There will be a big debate coming down the line – and this is the political argument people should have – which is: how much privacy are you prepared to trade for efficiency?
My view is that people are actually prepared to trade quite a lot. I think it’s a political debate the Government will win. It will also flush out a lot of people who want to talk about issues like immigration or benefit fraud but don’t actually will the means to get to the end.
Blair governed for the better part of three terms, from 1997 to 2007, during which time he was voted the worst living Briton.
As Prime Minister, he attempted to impose physical ID cards on the population but faced massive push back, with the British public at that time unwilling to accept a communist-style papers, please culture for – supposedly – the sake of national security.
News Punch / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
The British need to wake the f*çk up and oppose this B.S.
Every single one of these bastards and others who are affiliated with the globalist WEF should be hanged. It is the only way to stop this madness.
Yes Tony Blair has been the oil in the wheels since 1997. Without his energetic, devoted input, the global agenda would have significantly stalled.
Why is a war criminal weighing in on medicine? Flush out political opposition? Oh 💉💉 me up now Blair MAKE IT A DOUBLE. 🤣🤣 His reasoning alone proves he’s not even an effective propagandist any more.
The well known Anthony Blair -owner of “new Labour ” -aka “Tory Light ” -asked in Westminster to “walk across the floor ” to the Tory Party -said on TV – “weapons of mass destruction in Iraq” while holding up a test tube of washing up powder ” Outspoken friend of Netanyahu -quote -” I am a Zionist ” – friend of the WEF-enemy of the working class -speeches cost £100,000 -multi millionaire -every word out of his mouth is far right propaganda -has no shame in lying to the UK public about Iraq and his moral allegiance to the… Read more »
So, for every lying speech he makes, he gets paid £100,000 out of the taxpayers coffers ?
No thats what he charges privately he has not been voted back to parliament but joined JP Morgan Chase and other far right organisations that pay him money.
He appeared at the Cenotaph as a previous prime minister – don’t trust his smile its artificial.
According yo me, Warmongers can never be trusted?
Anthony Blair according to the vast majority of the UK public don’t trust him he lies for profit and that’s a public proven fact !
Unless you are naive if somebody lies to you do you believe what they say after that ?
Warmongers use lying propaganda to support their case when presented to their public to pretend they have the moral high ground Netanyahu,s IDF killed 47,000 Palestinians and wants to force them to leave Palestine yet he refuses to acknowledge he is committing genocide that’s lying by omission .