Flightmapping's Blog

When I first saw the news headline about David Davis resigning, my first thought was to wonder what sort of scandal he had been caught up in.  Then it turns out that he had resigned entirely voluntarily, and that he was going to stand in a by-election of his own making.  This move has clearly stunned the Westminster insiders, and put Tory leader David Cameron in a difficult position. So, what the hell is David Davis playing at?
To a cynic like myself, the 42 day terror laws need to be opposed simply because they look like an obvious way for Gordon Brown to appear macho and appease the tabloid press, and there seems to be little legal merit in them. Does anyone really think that, in his heart of hearts, Mr Brown even believes his own rhetoric about “standing on principle” over th...