Next time you apply for a British passport, you will be treated like a criminal. And as the Guardian and the Register report today, the government is trying to introduce the ID card scheme by stealth, hiding behind some kind of royal prerogative.

See:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,15642,1457297,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/12/uk_passport_fingerprints/.