A response to D.D.’s support of 28 days

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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DD 4 Freedom takes off

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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Davis lays his case before the Tory grassroots

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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I’m in the Y.P.

I opened today’s Yorkshire Post to find my letter has been published. I wrote to the paper to defend the actions of David Davis. I am it seems one of few who wrote a letter supporting him, the majority castigate his intentions and his beliefs. I never thought Briton’s would be so quick to give [...]

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Diane Abbott defends David Davis

I’m just watching “This Week” on which Diane Abbott defended David Davis’ decision to resign over the Civil Liberties issue.
Also, Kelvin MacKenzie stated that if Labour did not field a pro-42 days candidate he would, with the financial backing of Rupert Murdoch, do so himself.
One final thing, Diane Abbott made a spectacular speech in the [...]

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Wow indeed

Niall Paterson has summed it up nicely… “WOW”.
David Davis has today as, has already been blooged and you will undoubtedly otherwise know, resigned from, not only the job of Shadow Home Secretary, but also as a Member of Parliament. He has done so to challenge the Government in it’s decision of passing the 42 days [...]

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A man of principle

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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The Beeb on Conservatives

“Although later identified with traditionally conservative causes, Charlton Heston had been a vocal supporter of Martin Luther King and the 1960s Civil Rights movement.” – BBC WEBSITE 15:30 GMT  6th April, 2008

What is it with the BBC, don’t they think that Conservatives can believe in Civil Rights? I would argue that to be a Conservative [...]

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