Reasons to Support the Miss Great Britain Party
If I was one of the good people of Haltemprice and Howden I would be thinking very hard before I voted next month. With both the Liberal Democrats and the government failing to put up candidates it would appear the best chance tactical voters have of removing a right wing Tory is probably to support the Miss Great Britain Party. That Davis’s recent resignation was an ego trip is beyond question, however the question of whether or not it was a principled move is somewhat harder to answer.
The notion that Davis has become an overnight libertarian is simply nonsense. It is worth remembering that Davis has failed to ever support a single piece of gay rights legislation and even voted against the repealing of Section 28. Regarding other Tory fetishes Davis is a supporter of the death penalty, zero tolerance policing and curbing immigration. The fact he has the support of lefties like Benn and Bob Marshall Andrews is frankly bizzare.
Regarding the question of detention without charge it is worth remembering that Davis was an enthusiastic supporter of the 28 day detention law so it seems to me that it’s not the principle of the proposal he’s campaigning against it’s the degree of it. While one could regard this as noble do we really believe that it’s really the thought of the extra 14 days that has prompted him in to action.
It is known that Davis is on the traditionally right wing side of the Tories and it is known that he’s a potential threat to Cameron as we already know he has run for the Tory leadership twice. Having now defined himself as a political maverick Davis now has the potential to prove a thorn in any future governments side and has now attained an element of bargaining power against any future Prime Minister.
The greatest tragedy of this drama is that civil liberties are now becoming the ideological domain of the right wing. There is a strong case to be made against I.D cards, CCTV and the erosion of civil liberties, however I would rather that this case was being made by a candidate who doesn’t oppose gay rights, trade union rights and a minimum wage for Britain’s poorest workers. If we want to keep out another right wing Tory then it seems the best way to do so is to vote for the right honourable Gemma Dawn Garrett of the Miss Great Britain Party.
If I was one of the good people of Haltemprice and Howden I would be thinking very hard before I voted next month. With both the Liberal Democrats and the government failing to put up candidates it would appear the best chance tactical voters have of removing a right wing Tory is probably to support the Miss Great Britain Party. That Davis’s recent resignation was an ego trip is beyond question, however the question of whether or not it was a principled move is somewhat harder to answer.
The notion that Davis has become an overnight libertarian is simply nonsense. It is worth remembering that Davis has failed to ever support a single piece of gay rights legislation and even voted against the repealing of Section 28. Regarding other Tory fetishes Davis is a supporter of the death penalty, zero tolerance policing and curbing immigration. The fact he has the support of lefties like Benn and Bob Marshall Andrews is frankly bizzare.
Regarding the question of detention without charge it is worth remembering that Davis was an enthusiastic supporter of the 28 day detention law so it seems to me that it’s not the principle of the proposal he’s campaigning against it’s the degree of it. While one could regard this as noble do we really believe that it’s really the thought of the extra 14 days that has prompted him in to action.
It is known that Davis is on the traditionally right wing side of the Tories and it is known that he’s a potential threat to Cameron as we already know he has run for the Tory leadership twice. Having now defined himself as a political maverick Davis now has the potential to prove a thorn in any future governments side and has now attained an element of bargaining power against any future Prime Minister.
The greatest tragedy of this drama is that civil liberties are now becoming the ideological domain of the right wing. There is a strong case to be made against I.D cards, CCTV and the erosion of civil liberties, however I would rather that this case was being made by a candidate who doesn’t oppose gay rights, trade union rights and a minimum wage for Britain’s poorest workers. If we want to keep out another right wing Tory then it seems the best way to do so is to vote for the right honourable Gemma Dawn Garrett of the Miss Great Britain Party.
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