Personally, I don’t agree with the introduction of ID cards as I feel it’s a vast waste of money – the scheme is meant to cost about £5 billion. It seems to me as though the government want to introduce them as a means of saving face over previous messes that have been made with regards to national security and immigration.
Those who favour the introduction of ID cards seem to believe that they will reduce fraud, terrorism and organised crime. Speculatively speaking, I think if an individual or group are able to pull off any of the above, a forgeable piece of plastic isn’t going to stop them in the future.