Thread: Shock! As David Davis Resigns - To Fight Again?

Shadow home secretary David Davis has resigned as an MP.

He is to force a by-election in his Haltemprice and Howden constituency which he will fight on the issue of the new 42-day terror detention limit.

BBC NEWS | Politics | David Davis resigns from Commons

I like Davis - I think he's a good 'all-rounder' and would be a useful counter-balance in the inevitable future Conservative government, most likely under David Cameron.

But so far no party has said they will put up a candidate against Mr Davis - the Lib Dems say they support him on terror detention and Labour is stil deciding whether to take part in what some of their MPs have described as a "stunt".

The BNP, which came fourth in the seat in the 2005 general election, says it will not stand against Mr Davis as it agrees with his stance on terror detention.

UKIP, which was fifth, said it was still considering its position, although one of its MEPs, Godfrey Bloom, has offered to campaign for Mr Davis.

The issue over whether Davis will win or lose seems rather moot, as he's generally popular within his constituency and no-one seems to be standing.

The issue is over whether it's a stunt or a principled campagin.

Originally Posted by 22ANDUK

Shadow home secretary David Davis has resigned as an MP.

He is to force a by-election in his Haltemprice and Howden constituency which he will fight on the issue of the new 42-day terror detention limit.

BBC NEWS | Politics | David Davis resigns from Commons

I like Davis - I think he's a good 'all-rounder' and would be a useful counter-balance in the inevitable future Conservative government, most likely under David Cameron.

But so far no party has said they will put up a candidate against Mr Davis - the Lib Dems say they support him on terror detention and Labour is stil deciding whether to take part in what some of their MPs have described as a "stunt".

The BNP, which came fourth in the seat in the 2005 general election, says it will not stand against Mr Davis as it agrees with his stance on terror detention.

UKIP, which was fifth, said it was still considering its position, although one of its MEPs, Godfrey Bloom, has offered to campaign for Mr Davis.

The issue over whether Davis will win or lose seems rather moot, as he's generally popular within his constituency and no-one seems to be standing.

The issue is over whether it's a stunt or a principled campagin.

Bloody pathetic if the BNP do not contest this election, one good act does not cleanse a person of 100 traitorous acts. We should campaign against all the traitors if we are serious about saving our race and nation.

David David is hardly a great traitor of Britain. No doubt they'll be the whole "he's a member of the Tory party" diatribe, but he's actually a breath of fresh air in Parliament.

He has a statesman-like quality not often seen much in the Commons, he has had a life outside politics and comes from a backgorund not too dissimilar to many Britons, he's a self-made man, has spoken sense on many issues and has had the guuts and guile to come out and say he supports the death penalty.

Not saying Davis and the BNP are linked or close bedfellows, but your party representatives up there are obviously warm to him and will most likely go and support and vote for him - joining together with UKIP and the Liberal Democrats on this issue.

To be honest blueblood1920, there's more fitting 'traitors' to Britain your party could target than Davis.

Originally Posted by 22ANDUK

David David is hardly a great traitor of Britain. No doubt they'll be the whole "he's a member of the Tory party" diatribe, but he's actually a breath of fresh air in Parliament.

He has a statesman-like quality not often seen much in the Commons, he has had a life outside politics and comes from a backgorund not too dissimilar to many Britons, he's a self-made man, has spoken sense on many issues and has had the guuts and guile to come out and say he supports the death penalty.

Not saying Davis and the BNP are linked or close bedfellows, but your party representatives up there are obviously warm to him and will most likely go and support and vote for him - joining together with UKIP and the Liberal Democrats on this issue.

To be honest blueblood1920, there's more fitting 'traitors' to Britain your party could target than Davis.

He might not be as bad as the rest, but I am sure he still advocates forther immigration the displacement of indegenous British people. Further islamic expansion into Britain, continues EU membership amongst other things.
We now have a unique situation that we dont have with the other traitors and that is a chance to oppose them in a election. We can send a strong message to David and the rest of the traitors that we are fed up of being treated like **** and we want change and I believe a good BNP vote would achieve that.

If he's so worried about our civil liberties, how come he didn't pull this stunt when the Treaty was voted on?

This is just a stunt to try and embarass Brown even further with another drubbing at a by-election. Such an event would create more problems for Brown maintaining his leadership of the Party.

Originally Posted by Hunter

If he's so worried about our civil liberties, how come he didn't pull this stunt when the Treaty was voted on?

This is just a stunt to try and embarass Brown even further with another drubbing at a by-election. Such an event would create more problems for Brown maintaining his leadership of the Party.

I'm no great fan of the conservatives but David Davis is genuine which is a truly rare quality in a politician.

I don't think this is a stunt. He has far more to lose than he has to gain. Even if he's reelected he may well not get a place back in the shadow cabinet and just end up a back bencher.

In many ways I think his actions are futile and in many ways counter productive. On the other hand at least it will keep the issue in the headlines other wise the law would have been passed and we'd all just forget about it until those laws started to affect us personally then it's to late.

Civil liberties are there to protect us if any one makes a stand we should forget our differences and give them our support.

I'd have been more impressed if a sitting MP in a tight marginal had resigned rather than a Tory with a 5,000 majority over the Lib Dems who have agreed not to contest the by-election....