ID cards not welcome in Wales

You might expect me to read this as good news as far as it goes:ID cards not welcome in Wales: and indeed I do. A recent vote in the Welsh Assembly had a landslide not to make ID cards in effect compulsory in Wales, should they become required elsewhere to access public services. "The vote guarantees that any move to introduce ID cards by Labour in Westminster will have no impact on access to health and education services in Wales. Mike German, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said: 'This is a powerful message to Westminster: Wales is not interested in ID cards."
Of course the doubly interesting thing is that Labour AM's didn't defend the ID card policy of 'their' Westminster government. Add this to Gordie's reluctance to commit himself to endorsing compulsory ID cards, and one may be sensing a shift in the wind? I do hope so.