For all the concerns about surveillance/tracking/etc, the only saving grace is that the UK government is too dysfunctional and incompetent to demand and oversee

For all the concerns about surveillance/tracking/etc, the only saving grace is that the UK government is too dysfunctional and incompetent to demand and oversee a proper implementation. The digital ID scheme is the latest reason for politicians to get paid for busywork and funnel money to an incompetent private-sector contractor (obviously this is not going to be built in-house by the excellent GDS - Government Digital Service) who will go over time and budget and deliver something not fit for any purpose (whether beneficial to citizens or hostile such a tracking).