Cllr. Lee Wood
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Cllr. Lee Wood
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Green Councillor for Castle Ward, Tamworth - Chair of Tamworth Green Party - Proud Socialist and Environmentalist
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The Government have u-turned on ID Cards.

Good.

Authoritarian plans to scrap jury trials need to go next.
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Cllr. Lee Wood
I will never stop until the Labour Govt’s toolkit for authoritarians has been dismantled piece by piece.

Today mandatory Digital ID, and next we stop police facial rec and preserve protest rights and trial by jury. Human rights matter more than ever right now.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID
Scheme intended to verify someone’s right to work in the UK will be optional, government admitted in 13th U-turn since taking power
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM