Kelvin McKensie will run against Davis with Murdoch's backing?

[matgb]

If Labour doesn't run he'll do it. He just said it on This Week^[1]. Tim was almost right.

ETA Jennie has more. I hate to say this, but Labour would be better off with McKenzie as an independent candidate, Davis's vote is partially partizan lock 'em up Tories (not all Conservatives are Tories, really must write that post), and while Davis will get a big vote, his 'core support' might split off on the single issue to back Kelvin, especially with a media circus.

Interesting times. Is there a train station in town? If Kelvin runs, might need to actually go campaign against the git.

ETA 2: Iain has done the research I planned to do tomorrow, and has a roundup of other principled MP resignations, including a fair few I'd not even heard of. Dick Taverne and Tony Benn I knew of but some of the others are interesting.

[1] Approx 20 minutes in on the iPlayer, after he drones on about Wade's party at Rupert's

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[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

Here's the result from Weybridge South ward, Elmbridge DC, Surrey, on 1st May this year...

Glenn Dearlove (Conservative) 679
Kelvin MacKenzie (Independent) 227
Matt Barr (Liberal Democrats) 192

You may notice I've been very quiet all day. There I am, away from the 'puter and when I get home all hell has broken loose politically and my brains are broken. FWIW if I was living in Haltemprice & Howden chances are my paper would be spoilt; great speech though Davis's was today, the small matter of him being a pro-hanging 'n' flogging homophobe does tend to alienate me to put it mildly. That said, if Labour were to stand they wouldn't be an option at any cost either. I can see where Clegg is coming from on this but for me it's impossible to actively back DD. Rather him than MacKenzie though.

xposted to theyorkshergob

BTW, Howden railway station is a heck of a hike from that town, pleasant place though it is to visit (Howden Minster is one of my favourite buildings in Yorkshire). If you want to actively campaign against McScum, it would be easier to go to Hull instead and try places like Willerby or Kirk Ella, which are on the outskirts of the city but part of H&H rather than a Hull seat.

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

Incidentally there's another odd resignation that Iain missed from his historical lists, which I've added in his comments, mainly due to it being similar to Davis's in many ways.

[matgb]

Interesting, that is one of those weird happenstances, poor git got swamped in the general publicity I guess.

[gominokouhai]

> (not all Conservatives are Tories, really must write that post)

Yes, you should. I'd be intrigued to know the difference.

> Is there a train station in town?

The closest are Hessle or Hull, which is mainline, from where you are. They've changed all the bus numbers since I last lived there. It's a depressing hole of a place. Residents are likely to vote for the biggest bastard they can find just to enliven their hopeless, pathetic lives.