David Davis
I have long admired David Davis’s stance on civil liberties. He is definitely on the liberal end of the Tory party, preferring to oppose state intrusion into people’s lives (although like most politicians he fails to take this that far).
This is an interesting move on his part, and one which clearly signals his discontent with the authoritarian members of the Tory party.
I also support the decision not to stand a Liberal Democrat against him. This does go beyond party politics into far more important issues.
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June 12th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I agree with everything you have said. I am not used to supporting any Conservative opinions, but I very much admire and respect the stand he has made. What has happened to the Labour Party, who one would expect to have been protecting our civil liberties?
June 12th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Personally I’d never expect the Labout Party to protect civil liberties. Their whole agenda has always been state control over people’s lives.
Of course, there have been plenty of individuals in the Labour Party who have fought encroachments upon liberty in some areas, just as Tories have in others, but I don’t know of any who have been consistent (DD on drugs, immigration and sexuality for example, or Labour members who supported closed shops or the command economy).
June 15th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Does the calling of this by-election reflect the incompatibility of democracy and libertarianism?
If DD is the libertarian who has bounced his party into a strategy and a policy position at odds with the membership of his party does this make KMK the defender of our democracy in preventing a meaningless walkover?