Starmer Faces Pushback for Digital ID Plan
Novara Live
Novara Media
4.8 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Keir Starmer has announced plans to introduce mandatory digital ID cards as a measure against illegal immigration.
Plus: The US backs Tony Blair to run the transitional authority in Gaza, and terrorism charges have been dropped against Kneecap’s Mo Chara.
With: Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Jasleen Chaggar (Big Brother Watch), Morgan Wild (Labour Together), and journalist Peter Geoghegan
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Navarra Life is made possible by Navarra Media supporters. |
| 0:11.6 | To become one, go to navaramedia.com forward slash support. |
| 0:17.9 | Welcome to Navar Live, which tonight has a running theme. Sir Tony Blair, and that's for three |
| 0:24.9 | reasons. First, as I'm sure you've seen, his apparently lifelong ambition to introduce ID cards |
| 0:31.0 | is set to finally become a reality after Starma has announced plans for a mandatory UK digital ID. |
| 0:38.9 | Second, it's been revealed that the Tony Blair Institute, which lobbies governments to |
| 0:43.2 | introduce policies like digital ID cards, is being paid hundreds of millions of pounds by |
| 0:49.3 | tech billionaire Larry Ellison for its efforts. And third, because it's today being reported that Tony Blair is in |
| 0:57.5 | discussion to take control of the Gaza Strip. Yes, overbearing tech solutions and colonial |
| 1:03.0 | adventures in the Middle East. It's almost as if 28 years after first reaching Downing Street. |
| 1:08.2 | The ghost of Tony Blair never really went away. |
| 1:11.7 | I've got some great guests lined up to discuss all of this. |
| 1:15.8 | And I've got someone from Big Brother Watch, who's, of course, against ID cards, |
| 1:19.7 | someone from Labor Together, who's in favor of them, |
| 1:23.5 | and I should say the controversial Labor Together, |
| 1:25.7 | and journalist Peter Gagan, who has done the |
| 1:28.8 | original investigation into the relationship between Tony Blair and Larry Ellison. |
| 1:33.8 | I'll also be joined later, of course, by Aaron Bastani, who I know has some fairly strong |
| 1:38.4 | opinions about Sir Tony. |
| 1:42.0 | As ever, if you want to support the work we do, you can go to devourammedia.com forward |
| 1:45.7 | slash support and do let us know your comments in the YouTube chat or on the hashtag Navarra |
| 1:50.3 | Live. Straight into that first story, Kirstama has today announced plans to introduce |
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