The new requirements may be a pain in the butt, but they are necessary, and overdue.
Many cleaners and ground handlers are immigrants, and many of those have been using false IDs. The new checks are starting to filter these out - I have seen a man of Asian origin who produced a forged passport and a fraudulently obtained driving licence to obtain his ID at a Very Big Airport.
So how would you fancy the knowledge that some of the people working in and around your aircraft are recent arrivals in the UK who are under a false ID? It's a bit like asking for trouble isn't it?
Sorry, but security is a pain, and always will be, but while there are people out there trying to kill you, it will have to be endured.