The BBC have an interesting collection of comments in the “have your say” section – This is well worth looking at.
Alistair Carmichael (Lib Dems) sums up the “non compulsory measures” of the ID Card Scheme quite nicely – “The only way in which people will be able to opt out of the system is by giving up their right to travel abroad” – but interestingly this keeps it in the same boat as passports meaning (to me at least) UK ID cards are pretty pointless beasts.

While I realise it isnt representative of the population as a whole, the fact 75% of people are against ID cards seems telling…

The NO2ID Site may be of interest to some of you – http://www.no2id.net/