Six months after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his intention to force digital ID for all workers in the UK, the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) for Global Change says that the UK public could still be persuaded to accept one of the key components of the digital control grid.

According to the TBI report, “What Does the UK Public Think About Digital ID?” which was published on March 27:

“Our research finds that 43 per cent of respondents support the introduction of a digital-ID system in the UK, with 37 per cent opposed and 20 per cent undecided on the issue. While public support is narrower and more conditional than it was in the summer of 2025, net sentiment remains positive. That is a recoverable position.”

The questions in the latest Yonder poll were framed to show the potential benefits of digital ID, saying that it would be voluntary, free, quick, secure, and convenient.

And the TBI report concluded that one of the biggest obstacles to public acceptance of digital ID lay not particularly in the technical aspects, but rather a distrust of governments and institutions in general.

To overcome the issue of trust, the solution is to ignore how completely untrustworthy governments and institutions have become in the first place, and instead to focus on the shiny bells and whistles of convenience.

Read more: Tony Blair Institute claims digital ID public support is ‘recoverable’ (of course, its the agenda)