Hi to everybody...hubby told me this morning that none of the other parties are contesting the by-election when David Davis stands on the single issue of the 42 days incarceration...how do you have an election with only one candidate? And what does he hope to gain from it if it's uncontested? This makes it a protest without backbone...he's got to be re-elected, will get his previous position back no doubt as the Conservative Party needs him apparently as the voice of the ordinary man with his non public school background and the son of a single mother...so what will he achieve?
These political games leave me mystified...it becomes farcical if it's uncontested and basically a pointless protest...why is the Labour candidate not standing against him? If, as has been suggested, 65% of the public agree with the 42 days, he could be defeated on this particular single issue, and he only had a 5000 majority...I suppose that's fairly large but still could be undone if standing on this contentious issue alone....
Robin Cook resigned when we entered the Iraq War and I respected him greatly for that, but this resignation falls far short of that honourable resignation...this strikes me as contrived rather than genuine with this latest turn up for the books...a non-contested election...just plain nonsense in my opinion....