Comment by wmf
This article is written from an anarcho-socialist perspective so it may not be that persuasive to many people.
In the US we don't have any official government digital ID but instead various data brokers are providing it... with no real oversight. If the people of the UK reject government digital ID they may get Palantir digital ID instead. It's not clear to me which is worse, the government playing by its own rules or private companies playing by essentially no rules. Europe may be better because at least they have GDPR.
It's definitely clear to me which is worse, the private digital ID. At least we have some checks and balances for the government, however ineffective.