Surprisingly (note heavy use of sarcasm,  in case you don’t recognise it), according to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4659228.stm the Parliamentary commission to review ID cards says they wouldn’t be any use against terrorism.
That being more or less a given, why would the UK government pursue the crackpot idea any further? Sadly, it looks like they’ll make another stab at it.
A sad state of affairs. Its interesting to note that there seem NO valid reasons or arguments for the introduction of ID cards.
Is there still anyone left who thinks they have a “real” purpose?