As if it's not bad enough that I'd have to trust British state officials to safeguard my details and not to mis-use them, I'll also have to trust officials EU wide to do the same in future. This is an old link, but the idea has not been dropped:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/...d-bio-plan.htm
Compulsory ID cards change the balance of power between state and people. With compulsory ID and other measures the people become the servants, not the master as they have been until now. For what it's worth, I don't think ID cards will be stopped despite all the protests. Too much money has been sunk into them by private companies for the idea to be withdrawn now.
When the day comes and I can't legally avoid them any longer, I hope I'll resist but I don't know I will. Like most people, I have a family to consider.