The 24Dash web site carries a PA story with further speculation about Gordon Brown’s attitude to ID cards:
Tony Blair’s decade at 10 Downing Street marks him out as one of those rare politicians who put their stamp on an era.
But no sooner has that milestone been passed than the Blair era will come to an [...]
The ITV web site carries a story about Home Secretary John Reid which mentions ID cards and terrorism:
Mr Reid rejected suggestions that Chancellor Gordon Brown was against one of his key counter-terrorism measures, the introduction of ID cards.
There was “no truth” in suggestions that Mr Brown might scrap the ID card scheme if he becomes [...]
Alice Thomson has interviewed Home Office minister Liam Byrne for The Daily Telegraph:
Mr Byrne admits, “we have quite dramatically repositioned our policy in the last year. We have made it very clear that we want to see a much sharper attack on illegal immigration, they are the ones undercutting wages. It means stopping illegal journeys [...]
Tony Blair seems to agree with David Cameron that ID cards will be a battleground election issue. According to Hélène Mulholland, writing on the Guardian Unlimited web site:
In a rallying speech to grassroots supporters, Mr Blair will accuse Mr Cameron of a series of “strategic misjudgments” over health reforms, crime, ID cards and Europe.
Richard Ford writes in The Times:
Gordon Brown has left open the option of scrapping the identity card scheme if he becomes Prime Minister.
The Chancellor has refused to approve the multimillion-pound budget for the whole scheme and has given the Home Office permission to spend only a set amount of money towards developing it, it was [...]
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