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Ex-MI6 boss backs calls for digital ID cards to help deter small boat crossingsSource: BBC
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00:00This film, Allo Allo, you know, your paper's please, it has a lot to answer for.
00:04It's created this weird anathema.
00:06It's absolutely obvious to me that people should have a digital identity.
00:09And in that context, the grey labour force won't exist.
00:13And we've removed a pull factor.
00:14So let's stop shouting at the French.
00:16A lot of this is on us.

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