As far as I have read, no-one knows the exact situation until it is brought before Parliament shortly after their recess. The DVLA is in the process of "updating" their forms for a change, so we know something is coming.
At the end of the day, if they are heading towards an almost blanket ban, (Even at european level) they better have the stats to back it up, but if it is proven that T1s are more dangerous, then even as a T1, I would have to agree with the more stringent checking.
We are in the unfortunate position that we are drug users and a hypo is a drug overdose. As Europe is determined to bring drug driving into line with drunk driving, I can only see us in for more like this over the coming years. Our saving grace just now seems to be that the EU didn't do a diabetic accident study, and has pretty much admitted any changes are not based on scientific output.
Of course, if Insurance companies were made to publish their stats we may not have a problem. After all, Insurance companies are good at finding ways to not cover you, or charge you extra, and they do not do so for T1 Diabetics, so there cannot be any real evidence to back up a move to full or near full bans. (Yes, I understand the insurance companies might be prevented by disability law in this regard, but if they had stats suggesting T1s were more dangerous, they would have presented it by now)