Yes, Manrow. We already have a 'card' to access a 'high security area' - the same one we've had for years, the good old airport ID card.
Our beloved government has decided it wants national ID cards, and has decreed that airport workers will have to have the national one. It's not compulsory, doesn't have to be carried to work, BUT we can't hold an airport ID without the 'voluntary' national ID, which is a dishonest nonsense because we therefore can't work.
The previous umpteen pages explain why this is irrelevant for security purposes.
It's 'demeaning' because it puts irrelevant details of our personal lives in the hands of semi-trained monkeys who will eventually leave these details on a train whilst dreaming about their index-linked pensions.