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Hello from Haltemprice and Howden, well what a couple of days it has been! The campaigning has been relentless and amazing. We have today had Iain Duncan Smith, Chris Grayling and Jeremy Hunt up from London for a full day of campaigning. CF have been hitting the ground running again delivering thousands of leaflets and [...]

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Well, I say a new week, it has sort of blended into last week. I have done some more leafletting, put up some more posters and sent off my report to National CF. It is an interesting campaign as we have Conservatives saying they won’t vote for David, but staunch Lib Dems who have said [...]

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Well I have been here for 36 hours now. I have experienced a number of emotions, some of which are not publishable. I was at the launch this morning (now yesterday morning but for all intents and purposes) which saw gubbins here along with some CFers from Hull dressed up in the most ridiculous T-shirts and made to do [...]

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I have just tried to post a response on D.D.’s campaign website, for some reason it won’t let me, so I’ll post it here.
I agree with Mr Davis on a number of points. Firstly, the government is trying to Salami Slice our liberties away. I know they deny it but what else is introducing four [...]

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Today David Davis launched his website www.daviddavisforfreedom.com to help highlight the issues he will be campaigning on and the issues which he stands firm to. Many Members of Parliament would not have dared take the chance of stepping down from their seat to force a by-election, nevermind quit a senior post in the next Conservative [...]

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David Davis has today written an article on ConservativeHome, seeking to explain his reasons behind his resignation from his job as Shadow Home Secretary and as Member of Parliament for Haltemprice and Howden, in order to force a by-election. I have simply cut and pasted the article into this post:
The Austrian Chancellor Metternich was once [...]

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David Davis, the Shadow Home Secretary, has just resigned his seat in Parliament in order to fight the by-election on the issue of Civil Liberties. Davis is a good man, I voted for him in the 2005 leadership contest and I am pleased to see that he is willing to stand up and say a [...]

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As you will probably know Edward Timpson, the Conservative Party Candidate for Crewe and Nantwich, has been elected Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich. I sat in Nantwich Conservative Club watching the results come in and the mood was electric. Labour came out with around 12,000 votes and the LibDems around 6,000. Mr Timpson [...]

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This evening, after much planning, I will, along with three friends, be setting off for Crewe to assist in the fight to elect, the Conservative party candidate, Edward Timpson in this Thursday’s by-election. I will be interested to see the tactics of Labour at first hand and will be trying to find out what the [...]

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What does Tamsin Dunwoody, the Labour Candidate for Crewe and Nantwich, mean when she says
I’m going to get tough on the yobs, bullies and underage drinking on our streets. I will push forward on regeneration and restore pride in our town.
I will fight to get well paid, skilled jobs for local people and I will [...]

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