Students of UK politics should be aware that the british prime minister considered it a sign of "moral courage" to press ahead with an attack on iraq despite protests in the streets and massed opposition by politicians of all parties, and that forging evidence is fully justified by the results. That being given, it should come as no surprise that, despite public opposition by the people, other politicans and the prime minister himself, and repeated proofs that ID cards have no effect at all on terrorism (for instance, the 9/11 attackers all had ID) the Home Secretary is pressing forward with a road map to compulsory ID cards for all UK citizens by 2012. The "results summary" from a consultation process that was more than 70% opposed to introduction of ID Cards is here: http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm60/6020/6020.htm Note that the preferred path is now to update passport and driving licence documents (at the citizen's expense) to include digital ID and biometric information; once 80% of citizens have been forced to accept ID cards by this backdoor process (no parlimentary debate required) it will seem only a small step to force the remaining 20% to purchase such a card. There will apparently not be any compulsion to *carry* the card (at this stage) but it will be required to be produced to obtain access to government controlled services such as healthcare....