Saturday, October 17, 2026

UK expands facial recognition at airports while easing voter photo ID rules

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UK airports are rolling out contactless facial recognition at eGates, starting at East Midlands and covering all 13 by early 2027.

Faces will be matched to passport photos, although passports must still be carried. Biometric images may be kept for 30 days for UK citizens and up to six years for foreigners, raising privacy concerns. Separately, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has fast-tracked a Bill allowing non-photo bank cards as voter ID, lowering the voting age to 16 and tightening donation rules.

The Bill aims to cut barriers that excluded 16,000 voters in 2024, but critics said scrutiny is being rushed amid speculation about an early election, which Burnham has rejected. The Electoral Commission has warned that non-photo cards could hinder verification.

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  1. It’s because the vast majority of 16 year olds are “new Brits”.

    The demographic timebomb hasn’t quite ticked over in Globohomo’s favour yet, but the older Brits have already started waking up to what’s happening.

    Burnham’s goal is to forever rig all future elections against what remains of his countrymen. Utter traitor to his people, just like every other evil demon slithering around Westminster.

    Our lot will keep pushing it here too.

  2. We could have used this facial recognitionat Luton Station 7/7 2005
    When London the most heavily surveilled city in the world could not produce CCTV footage of one authentic image of four alleged Muslim bombers entering Luton station
    Instead all be got was a forged bogus photoshopped image proven to be counterfeit and a fraud
    Perhaps Andy Burnham protege of Tony Blair would care to explain?
    http://whale.to/a/77_ripple_effect.html

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