On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:09:25 +0100, asdf
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:10:56 +0100, "Gay Merrington"
wrote:

With the chat about these cards coming out with what happened over the past
36 hours,it drove home to my why these ID cards might be a good idea after
all.Aside from the security angle,which has been discussed to death,

And this incident just goes to prove that there would be no worthwhile
security benefits.

Even Charles Clarke said that ID cards wouldn't have prevented this.