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The semi-obligatory post on David Davis’ Resignation
It is very rare for a politician to volunteer for an election. The risk calculus is pretty simple; even if the chances of you losing are minimal, the consequences for you are (at best) unemployment and the consequences for your party can be even worse.
So what to make of David Davis’ decision to resign his seat in order to stand again in opposition to the Government’s victory on 42 days?
“Like the Roman, I seem to see ‘the River Tiber foaming with much blood’.”
It was forty years yesterday since Enoch Powell made “Rivers of Blood” speech. It is forty years today since the misunderstanding and misinterpretation began - and it has continued pretty much unabated since.
