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ID cards were always thoroughly unpopular and AFAIK never saw anything even near majority support (indeed, generally opposed by a significant majority). I neve

• DanBC 13y ago
  People volunteer to be profiled when there are local hog profile cases. Here are some people saying that they'd never give their dna to the police along with other people saying that they're happy for the police to have their dna. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/8039149.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/8039149.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7532856.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7532856.stm this page gives more evidence that people volunteer. It also shows how large the dna database is, and how few crimes it helps solve. You are just wrong about id cards. The detica poll (2004) showed something like 80% support. The 2004 yougov poll showed 61% support. Even in 2006 support had only dropped to 53%, but opposition is only 37%. And all the way through pepple were clear about cost being very impotant to their acceptance of the scheme - when asked about id cards costing over £25 the support drops dramatically. Any support remaining for the cards collapsed when the estimated costs rose from about £40 for combined passport id card to about £120 for just the card.