I've got a theory...

[rich_jacko]

...it could be bunnies that the triviality of an LJ post is roughly proportional to the number of comments it will get.

So when I post about the last couple of minutes of a TV programme, I get 35 comments (and counting). This post is about something rather more important, so I suspect it will get far fewer comments ;o)

Whatever else you may think about the Tories' policies; or whether forcing a by-election is meaningless, money-wasting grandstanding or not; David Davis's speech yesterday was a rather magnificent condemnation of this government's relentless attack on our civil liberties.

I'd be interested to know what my normally anti-Tory, pro-civil liberties friends made of it.

- Video link
- Full transcript

Comments

[edy-.livejournal.com]

I was impressed by a politician making such an explict stand.

I was suprised it was a Conservative but that's proabaly as much do with my ignroance of his voting record and my sterotyped view of the party.

So as a normally anti-Tory, pro-civil liberties friend I'm left disconcerted by agreeing with a Conservative (ex)MP and hoping someone in power will take the (not subtle) hint.

Given the (non)impact of the Iraq war resignations, I'm sure something will happen to minimise the point being made here. Sadly, I don't expect much (if anything) will change but if nothing's ever said then there's no reason it'll improve. It's in the hope of making a difference, I vote, occasionaly write to my MP and then wonder why I bother.

[rich-jacko.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why you should be surprised it was a Conservative making a stand on this.

If you boil the two main parties down to the basics, Labour are typically the ones who are all about state interference (taxing and spending, nationalisation, regulation, the nanny state); whereas the Tories are about minimising such things (tax cuts, privatisation, free market economics, letting people/businesses sink or swim).

What'll happen is that Europe will knock this issue off the headlines for a while. Should be an interesting by-election though...