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• Strange Bedfellows in Yorkshire

  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 22,2008

  DAVID 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?

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