Support for ID Cards
The latest in the regular series of ICM polls No2ID have commissioned tracking the public's support for ID cards shows the public continue to be pretty evenly split with 48% thinking ID cards are a good idea, 46% a bad idea. While slightly more people support them than oppose them, those opposed to ID cards tend to hold stronger views - 19% think ID cards are a "very bad idea" with only 9% thinking they are a "very good idea".
A second question asked about support for a national database of information about individuals and found 35% thought it was a good idea and 63% thought it was a bad idea, suggesting the database behind ID cards is rather less popular than ID cards themselves.