On the day after the government finally overwhelmed the concerted parliamentary opposition to the ID Cards Bill, it seems appropriate to quote the story in the only national newspaper left that still supports the measure – The Sun. All the salient facts are here:

Compulsory ID cards were finally given the go-ahead by the House of [...]

Henry Porter writes on the Guardian Comment web site:
People are beginning to see that ID cards are not being introduced so that they can identify themselves but rather so that the government can identify them and keep track of every important transaction in their lives. It is understood that even if you have nothing to [...]

Wendy Grossman writes about the Armstrong Amendment, and muses on its likely effect:
If that amendment were to succeed – and it seems likely to garner more support than the last round – there is one significance class of people we know would not opt out of getting ID cards: criminals. Just as you’d probably opt [...]

The Register reports:
A Commons committee has expressed doubts that existing technology can handle the government’s national identity card scheme
Members of Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee used a hearing on biometric ID cards, taking place on 22 March 2006, to suggest that Home Office officials do not yet have a clear enough grasp of the technical [...]

The Scotsman reports:
A national identity card scheme will be a “present” to terrorists, criminal gangs and foreign spies, one of Britain’s most respected former intelligence agents has told ministers.
The warning from Daphne Park, who served for 30 years as a senior controller for MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, came as the parliamentary power struggle over [...]