David Davis resigns — Clegg does right thing

[matgb]

David Davis (Tory Shadow Home Secretary) has resigned on a point of principle and as I start writing this I hear that Clegg has announced the Lib Dems won't stand against him (ETA: confirmed at the Spectator).

Clegg is 100% correct

That was what I was going to suggest should happen, Labour were a distant third last time but as this is a single issue resignation in order to reinforce there is no mandate for the use of the Parliament Act, and Lib Dem party policy agrees completely with DD's stance, Clegg is correct to suggest no candidate. I believe that constitutionally the local party should be consulted, and I strongly hope that Haltemprice and Howden Lib Dems will not only acquiesce, but will also get out and back him on the campaign trail to strongly reinforce and fight on the issue.

Dodgy polls asking push questions show there is support for the 42 days measure, but an uninformed opinion based on a question that summarises the issue isn't enough.

I never thought I'd say this, but David Davis just went a long way up in my estimation.

Comments

[ihavecake.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew where I was registered to vote. It was Haltemprice in 2005 but I don't live there now and I'm not sure I ever alerted anyone to that fact.

Bit of a shock, that.

[srk1.livejournal.com]

You should get a form in the post each year asking to list all the eligible people in your household.

[ihavecake.livejournal.com]

Ah right, yes. It's possible my housemate filled this in and didn't tell me. There's an argument for me being so daft I probably shouldn't vote, but hoorah for democracy.

[caramel-betty.livejournal.com]

At some point since, they'll have sent out a "Who is living in this house?" form to check. If you didn't reply (which, presumably, you wouldn't have, not living there), you'll have been taken off the roll. Or should have been, anyhow - paperwork is rubbish.

[matgb]

Student accommodation though, might be slightly different. But yes, we found in 2001 I was on the register in Torbay, but for a postal vote for my Salisbury address, very dodgy as I'd applied for it temporarily and said so on the temp application form. In '97...

[matgb]

You're allowed to be registered at more than one address as long as you have a reasonable claim to residence there, students are frequently registered twice. Voting in both places on the same day isn't allowed for the same level of election, but it is allowed for council in one, MP in t'other, etc.

So you may still be registered there, and if it's where you were living last October you can likely still vote there. If not, if you can claim residence you can get on the register as long as you do it quickly.

(BTW, you able to make any part of the weekend?)

[ihavecake.livejournal.com]

No Bradford for me, sadly, I've got to save all my pennies for the blasted Edinburgh Festvial XD

[caramel-betty.livejournal.com]

Voting in both places on the same day isn't allowed for the same level of election,

Point of pedantry. If it's a by-election, you can.