David Davis writes in the Sunday Telegraph:

With the countdown to Gordon Brown’s succession entering its final days, we still know precious little about where the next Prime Minister stands on many major issues of the day. As Prime Minister, Mr Brown’s first duty will be to protect the public, who – given they have not had the chance to vote for him – should at least expect a rough idea of what he stands for.

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As Chancellor, Mr Brown has already wasted millions on ID cards – a £20 billion project that experts from Microsoft say will make us less, not more, safe. I called on him to ditch this expensive white elephant. He is apparently still sitting on the fence. In contrast, the Conservative position is unambiguous. We will scrap ID cards and put the savings made towards additional prison places, drug rehabilitation and a border police force.

Andrew Rawnsley, writing in The Observer, thinks that Brown has already come off the fence:

One surprise in store – a nasty one for some on the left of his party – is the extent to which he won’t break with his predecessor. Having been a great sceptic about ID cards, he has become converted to them. Gordon Brown has told friends that David Cameron can be painted as a ‘libertarian’ who is weak about security.

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