Last Straw

It’s the unrepresentative nature of single-winner electoral systems, like Britain’s first past the post, that leads one into sometimes supporting people you wouldn’t otherwise support.

And it’s with this in mind that I find myself supporting conservative MP David Davis, who has embarked on a campaign against the “relentless erosion of civil liberties in Britain”.

Check out Gaby Hinsliff’s take on events to date.

I can at least take solace in the fact that I don’t also find myself supporting Murdoch’s authoritarian tabloid, The Sun, which merrily supports New Labour in its project to turn Britain in a police state. The Sun is even said to be looking to mount a candidate against Davis. Hinsliff writes:

The Sun is also said to have considered approaching Rachel North, a survivor of the 7/7 bombings, who has campaigned for justice for the victims, but North said she admired Davis’s stand: ‘I am a big fan of civil liberties and freedom and democracy, all things that terrorists are not keen on, and I’m pleased that a senior politician has campaigned about this.’

I’m still trying to work out how I can donate online to Davis’ campaign.

External links

• A magnificent gesture that we must support | 15 June 2008