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The article presents an interview with Jaqui Smith, in 2007 the Home Secretary of Great Britain. In the interview Smith discusses a number of issues including the ability of government to respond to the needs of the electorate, her opinion that Great Britain should institute a system of national identity cards and her views on combatting crime and terrorism.

The article focuses on the impact of office lanyards on corporate culture in the U.S. and Great Britain. Topics discussed include the 1990s appeal of the lanyard because of its historic gendered status according to U.S. novelist Bill Beverly, the author's experience as a news trainee when compulsory lanyards were given out at BBC Broadcasting House, and comments from a British charity worker on divisions in the organization resulting from compulsory lanyards.

The author discusses several issues facing the British government. He mentions the question of identity cards and the failure of the last proposal as being too complicated and not secure enough, the issue of the Windrush generation, British West Indians who emigrated to Great Britain and whose immigration status is being debated, and the announcement from the BBC about the Duchess of Cambridge being in labor.

The author talks about events that the magazine predicted in its April 30, 2007 issue concerning how British ministers would cover up three pieces of bad news. He states that the ministers used the time between Tony Blair's premiership ending and Gordon Brown's premiership beginning to try and sneak past news stories concerning the spiraling costs of an identification card scheme, problems with identifying paedophiles to the public, and an early prisoner release scheme.

Offers a discussion about the dangers of the identification cards that have been proposed in Great Britain. Opinion of the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, that the identification card system will make identity theft impossible; Description of the National Identity Register, which will hold biometric information on citizens including iris scan information, fingerprints and photographs; Report that the government can track an individual's activities with every use of their identification cards; Use of this information by police, the Inland Revenue and other public bodies; Opinion that the information could end up in the hands of hostile governments or terrorists; Reference to a report titled "The Identity Project: an assessment of the UK Identification Cards Bill and its implications"; Statement that the identification cards plan is in conflict with the UK Data Protection Act and various articles of the European Convention on Human Rights; Statement that the Privacy International organization found no evidence that identification cards prevent terrorism.

Presents letters to the editor of the "New Statesman" regarding articles found in previous issues of the journal. Responses to an article by Mark Thomas in the January 17, 2005, issue in which Thomas criticized evangelical Christians; Response to a letter written by Peter Harris in the January 17 issue in which Harris criticizes the home schooling of children; Discussion of an article by Jonathan Glancey regarding identification cards in Great Britain; Others.

Offers a criticism of the identification cards issued in Great Britain. Suggestion that identification cards go against British national heritage and culture; Presentation of a hypothetical situation in which King Lear, of William Shakespeare's play, was forced to carry an identification card; Discussion of the British notion of freedom; Reference to a television program entitled "The Prisoner," starring Patrick McGoohan.

Discusses the opposition of the British people to the introduction of identity cards. Claim that identification cards do not infringe upon civil liberties; Interaction between citizen and state; Need for an increased openness and accountability on the part of the state.

Comments on issues surrounding the proposed identification cards of Great Britain's Secretary of State for the Home Office David Blunkett. Challenges facing ministers who proposes identity cards in Britain; Dilemma facing middle class people with identity cards; Benefits of an identification card; Questions raised by the proposal regarding the country's immigration policies.

Features David Blunkett, secretary of Home Office of Great Britain. Main concern about the proposed identity card of Blunkett; Attitude towards well-meaning liberalism; Information on Blunkett's book `Politics and Progress.'

Comments on the proposed identity cards of Home Secretary David Blunkett of Great Britain. Reason of Great Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair for helping the United States fight terrorism; Initial response of Great Britain and the rest of European Union to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Definition of terrorism according to Great Britain's Home Office.

Focuses on the skirmishes over the long-promised plan for a national identity (ID) card in Great Britain. Combination of the ID with the driving license being introduced in 1997 throughout the European Union; Strong support for the ID card; Split of the British cabinet over the issue.

In this article the author discusses the 2010 British coalition government and its commitment to civil liberties. It applauds the repeal of a number of measures including the national identity card proposal, the National Identity Register and the ContactPoint database. The article urges the British Labour Party to become the party of liberalism.

Presented is a list of the magazine's poor reasons for instituting a system of national identity cards in Great Britain including government savings, reduction in illegal immigration and as a measure to prevent terrorism.

In this editorial the author comments on a 2009 cricket tournament played by the national teams of England and Australia. It is suggested that the English team triumphed in the contest despite the fact that the tournament ended in a draw. The author draws parallels between the cricket match and the actions of the British government concerning privatization of the postal service and the requirement for national identity cards.

In this article the author comments on a British government proposal that would allow for the creation of a national identity card. She notes that Jacqui Smith, the British home secretary, has endorsed the measure as a means to control immigration. The author is critical of the proposal and claims that it will promote xenophobia in Great Britain.

The article focuses on Tesco PLC and the data it collects on its shoppers. It mentions potential and actual abuses Tesco has done or could do with data gathered from it's preferred customer "Clubcard" program; the data includes customers' personal information and purchase selections. It talks about Great Britain's plans to link a proposed compulsory biometric identity card with data contained on store loyalty cards and the potential for abuse.

In this article the author discusses "Power to the People," a report issued on the state of British politics in 2006, that finds the British electorate mistrustful of politicians. The author voted in the House of Lords against a bill requiring identity cards for British citizens. She encountered American lawyer Alan Dershowitz who argued in favor of the legalized torture of terror suspects. The author is against it.

This section features an edited version of an article by James Cameron that appeared in the May 7, 1965 issue of "The New Statesman." The article focuses on identity cards. Considerations of one's roots are hard to define on the card of identity. Even the straight facts are open to question. An inability to define oneself makes it interesting to observe the manner in which one is defined by others.

Comments on politics and government in Great Britain as of August 1, 2005. Comments on the opening of the Ashes series cricket tournament; Views of Prime Minister Tony Blair on the motivation of terrorists in the London subway bombings; Political debate over the creation of national identity cards; Complaints against traffic management in Gleneagles, Scotland, host of the G8 summit of world leaders; Attempts of British comedians to satirize terrorism and extremist Islam.

Reports on Great Britain's Labour Party. How British citizens are detached from politicians; Efforts to pass laws regarding corporate manslaughter; Introduction of identity cards.

Offers a look at the reaction against identification cards in Great Britain as of June 2004. Criticism of British Home Secretary David Blunkett; Reference to a public opinion poll conducted by Privacy International regarding identification cards; Bias of a previous poll conducted by Detica due to the company's connections to the British military, police, security services and government; Willingness of those opposed to the identification cards to demonstrate against them; Percentage of citizens prepared to engage in civil disobedience against the cards; Failure of identifications in the fight against terrorism.

Offers observations on the use of genetic identification cards issued at birth that will bear a genetic map of one's future. Access to this information; Social implications; Ethics of this practice.

Comments on the Great Britain government's effort to introduce identification cards and its lack of actions toward addressing accidents and deaths at work. Critique of Secretary of State for the Home Office David Blunkett's idea of identification cards; Statistics on work-related deaths; Exclusion of the deaths or injuries related to health and safety offences from a Bill of Rights that supports victims of crime.

Examines the effectiveness of the proposal to issue national identification (ID) cards in Great Britain as part of the government's counterterrorism measures. Discussion on the problems with the issuance of ID cards during the First and Second World Wars; Proposals to use technological innovations to make the ID card system more effective; Potential applications of the ID cards.

Comments on several issues which affect the lives of people in Great Britain. Assessment on the friendliness of the British; Lack of logical reason to explain the trend in printing review quotes in book covers; How illegal immigrants and drug dealers will benefit from the proposed issuance of national identification cards.