I don't mind the idea of id cards in principle, I've seen the benifits to the individuals in other countries, but this goverment is too bloody useless to be able to do it properly!
I can expect it to cost 3 maybe 4 times the initial claim, and be 10 years late and then still not work, have loads of security holes and be easily bypassed by criminals.
It also looks like it could cause our MI5 and MI6 agents issues too if they get caught using false ID cards!