Brit Card to Brit Cage.Is the UK’s digital ID a passport to totalitarianism?Laura DodsworthSep 26, 2025∙ Paid1023715ShareA still from the BBC’s 1965 “1984”.‘If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever,’ said O’Brien, the grand inquisitor of the totalitarian regime in Orwell’s…This post is for paid subscribersSubscribeAlready a paid subscriber? Sign in