Politics

[altariel]

Blimey, David Davis has resigned to force a by-election over the issue of the 42-day six week detention limit.

Hey, but at least we are all SO MUCH SAFER now!

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[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

The Ulster Unionists did the same thing en masse in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Nick Robinson's blog supplies me with this nugget: "George Lansbury, 1912: The Labour MP for Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley resigned to fight a by-election on a platform of votes for women. The Labour Party disapproved of his resignation and Lansbury lost the contest to the Conservative candidate by 731 votes."