The parliamentary home affairs committee has looked at the lovely Mr Blunkett’s plans for ID cards. Their conclusion? Despite more holes than a colander and the omission of a number of substantive facts (like, for instance, how much the whole lot is going to cost) they conclude that the scheme is correct in principle.
Dear sweet lord we’re doomed.
There is a more lucid discussion of the matter on the Spy Blog. It’s well worth a read.
<Update>The Register has some analysis as well, under the great headline of ID cards, a bad idea but we’ll do it anyway.</Update>