Julian Cole writes in the York Press: Here’s a suggestion for Gordon Brown, and it won’t cost him a penny. More than that, it could save him untold millions, which should appeal to his famed prudence. While he trundles about the country, trying to win over voters before grasping Tony Blair’s tarnished crown, he should announce that he plans to drop ID cards. The projected costs of these cards are spiralling by the week, or maybe even the day. So the Prime-Minister-in-waiting could win himself what we can fairly call Brownie points by ditching the preposterous scheme in favour of respecting citizens’ rights and privacy. At a stroke of his well-chewed Biro – he looks like a man who chews Biros, and I write as one who should know – Gordon could save money and gain face. Opposition to the cards is to be found at both ends of the […]