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David Davis is now a loony Bennite! (No not really)
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8jD2eUlBML4NJcB37yTfkYiUbFA
Benn praises Tory rebel's courage
Veteran left-wing politician Tony Benn said people will one day look back at David Davis' decision to force a by-election on the issue of civil liberties and say "thank God".
Meanwhile, continued mockery from the mainstream press:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/22/do2204.xml
David Davis's gamble looks like a very bad bet
By Iain Martin
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 22/06/2008[...] There is not exactly a tidal wave of pro-Davis feeling sweeping Britain.
[...] Davis supporters used to like to think of their man as the grown-up and Cameron as being naive. In the last fortnight, the Tory leader's critics should have learned that the opposite was true all along.
- - The Telegraph
But the Sunday Express (a trashy tabloid) reports that Cameron may be trying to mend fences and make a show of support for Davis:
http://express.co.uk/posts/view/49331/Tory-big-guns-to-back-Davis
TORY BIG GUNS TO BACK DAVIS
Sunday June 22,2008DAVID Cameron has ordered every member of the Shadow Cabinet to travel to Yorkshire to campaign for the maverick senior Tory David Davis in his “freedom” by-election.
- - Sunday Express
What's (the "grown-up") Cameron's scheme?
