Yes, Minister was right
The civil service are the ones pushing all this ID card stuff ... if more people let go of political tribalism (and all the rhetoric of division that comes with it) and started paying attention to who actually runs the country.
True, but when people said that about the European Commission (the EU civil service) during the Brexit debate they were roundly shouted down as talking nonsense.
Our elected officials have less & less control over the civil "servants" who are supposed to serve us.