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Direct link to article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/health-service-acting-like-stasi-with-pride-pledge-bwpmkhz2g

archive.is saved version of the article: https://archive.is/xXw9q (sometimes archive.vn doesn't work for people)

Unfortunately, I know a lot of people IRL who would love this scheme.

The idea of demanding people physically display a badge about their opinion on a controversial subject at work is tone-deaf and divisive; the idea of suggesting to employees that they ought to "inform on" their coworkers who do "not sufficiently signal their support" is over-controlling and authoritarian.