Sarah Arnott, in Computing, argues that the government’s rationale for identity cards should focus on trade rather than terrorism.
Despite being in favour of ID cards, she begins by saying:
The government’s approach to ID cards is all wrong. That’s not to say that the scheme should be scrapped, but founding it on a lot of bombast [...]

Steve Bowbrick in The Guardian on the seductiveness of technological solutions:
ID cards cannot and will not eliminate identity theft, fraudulent benefit claims and terrorism because they are social problems, and technology is notoriously bad at solving social problems.

The Isle of Man Today reports that Manx nationalist group Mec Vannin has slammed the idea of compulsory national identification cards.
Chairman Mark Kermode said:
There [is] also the question of cross-citizenship inequality.
With the very large number of itinerants in the Island who would be subject to other jurisdictions’ criteria, effectively, the only people who would [...]

SpyBlog covers yesterday’s announcement of PA Consulting being awarded the ID Card scheme “Development Partner” contract by UK Home Office, also written up by The Register, BBC News, Silicon.com, amongst others.
Any and all of the above are more informative the less-than-forthcoming Home Office Press Release, repeated on PA Consulting’s site.

UKPS biometric enrollment trials are underway in London and Glasgow, with others in Leicester and Newcastle to follow. The Home Office wants 10,000 volunteers to “investigate the practicalities” of enrollment, and promise that all information gathered will be destroyed when the trials end in August.