 3.12% of the sample were prepared to undergo long prison sentences rather than have a card.Identity cards were re-introduced in British law in the Identity Cards Act 2006, enacted during Tony Blair's Labour government, as part of a state-approved counterterrorism initiative (part of the War on Terror) by – then-Prime Minister – Tony Blair, in response to the September 11 attacks and 7/7 bombings.Only workers in certain high-security professions, such as airport workers, were required to have an identity card in 2009.