A gigantic display protesting digital ID was projected onto a historic monument in the centre of Edinburgh last night.
The Together Declaration beamed details of their forthcoming protests onto the high stone walls of Edinburgh Castle as the sun set over the Scottish capital.
A looped video showing scenes from the Commons was followed by footage from previous protests and the message, “The fight against digital ID is not over…”
Visible from several streets away at the highest point in the city centre, onlookers stopped to take pictures of the stunt as dusk fell.
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The group has organised gatherings in all four of the United Kingdom capitals - London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff - on Saturday 25 April to protest the UK Government’s planned implementation of Digital ID.
Led by Alan Miller, Together Declaration is protesting Keir Starmer’s attempts to implement a national digital ID, which the group says will infringe on privacy and other civil liberties.
At the beginning of 2026, Labour U-turned on making Digital ID mandatory but Keir Starmer denied it was a sign that the legislation was neither dead on arrival nor undesirable by a significant portion of the population.
Instead he claimed that making the controversial identification mandatory was a means to tackle the country’s spiralling illegal immigration problem.
An ongoing consultation has been met with a mixed reception
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Following the row back, he told reporters: “The purpose of it was to stop people working illegally in the country. In the end, that’s the overriding consideration for me, because too many people are working illegally in our country.”
After forcing an initial climbdown from Mr Starmer’s government, Mr Miller is instead appealing to the government to redirect their energy towards a national bill of rights.
An ongoing consultation has been met with a mixed reception with some noting a shift in scope and tone, but others are insulted that a formal means of identification won’t even include a person’s sex.
Speaking to Michelle Dewberry on Wednesday, Mr Miller argued, “There’s been no debate and it’s not been in any manifesto”.
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The huge protest was projected onto the building
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He said, “Eight million directors are being forced into it with the one login system without any debate; make tax digital - that’s happening; we’ve got all children through the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill being imposed by a unique digital identifier.
He added, “The public hasn’t had a chance to debate any of these things.”
However, if they are in disagreement with the Government’s direction of travel over Digital ID then the public will have their chance to make their voices heard at one of the four Together Declaration protests taking place on Saturday.