DAILY EXPRESS: SHADOW home secretary David Davis has today resigned as an MP to take a stand against the relentless erosion of British freedom by the Government.
Mr Davis said he was forcing a by-election to protest against the “insidious” erosion of civil liberties in Britain.
The move comes in the wake of yesterday's victory for the Government over the 42-day terror detention plan.
The Tory frontbencher spearheaded the Conservatives’ failed bid to defeat the Government over extending detention without charge, which caused disquiet among some Tory MPs.
Speaking this lunchtime Mr Davis said he acting against "the slow strangulation of fundamental British freedoms by this Government".
As the resignation drama unfolded in Westminster, a Lib Dem spokeswoman confirmed the party would not be fielding a candidate in the resulting Howden and Haltemprice by-election - giving Mr Davis a clear run against a Labour candidate. [Source: David Davis Quits in Stand Against the Erosion of British Freedom] By Julia White | June 12, 2008
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