My letter to David Davis via his 'Freedom' website
I wrote a letter to DD and his team on the freedom website he launched. I didn't totally expect a reply but given the hu-ha he made about speaking to people I expected some reply fobbing me off. As it is I got nothing, so I decided to post the letter here.
Contents in full below, sent on June 17th:
Hello David (or Team David),
Hello David (or Team David),
Good luck in your campaign but I do have a few questions:
Why does 42 day detention go against the Magna Carta but 28 day detention (typo: should say 'doesn't!), which you voted for?
Isn’t the death penalty an infringement on civil liberties?
If you are against ID cards, why did you vote for them in 2004?
What happened between following the Tory whip on ID cards in 2004 and resigning now in 2008 to change your mind so extremely?
Why were you against the repeal of Section 28 if you’re such a defender of Liberty?
Why did you vote against the equalisation of the age of consent for gay people?
Why did you vote to lower the abortion limit, which would infringe on the womans right to control her own body?
Why are you on record not asking for a reduction of CCTV, but saying it should be brought up to ‘evidential standard’?
I look forward to hearing from you as I believe these are the serious issues you have to face if you want to lay claim to being a true libertarian.
Many thanks,
Since then he's explained he's against 42 days because there are changes to the system that could be made to make extending detention without charge unnecessary. However that doesn't explain why 28 days is not against Magna Carta and Habeus Corpus or whatever, but 42 days is.
The CCTV comment is because his actual stance on CCTV isn't that we should reduce the number, but they should be better quality. I feel that his inclusion of 'cctv' when he talks about the state 'snooping' and 'spying' on people is therefore misleading, as he has no intention of reducing CCTV numbers.
Original post here.
My letter to David Davis via his 'Freedom' website | 6 comments (6 topical)
My letter to David Davis via his 'Freedom' website | 6 comments (6 topical)


