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» Thursday, June 12, 2008

David Davis’ Resignation/42 Days

Asked if the Prime Minister had had any time to watch any television today, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had been very busy today focusing on the issues around food, fuel and family finances, which he had been talking about at the press conference this morning.

Asked if the Prime Minister had any comments about David Davis resigning as Shadow Home Secretary and as an MP, the PMS said that the Prime Minister did not have anything to say about this particular matter.

Asked if the Prime Minister had a view about whether or not David Davis’ decision to resign and call a by-election was a good way to raise concerns about a particular issue, the PMS repeated that the Prime Minister did not have anything to say about this matter.

Asked if the Prime Minister would use the Parliament Act with regard to 42 days, the PMS said that it was important not to get too far ahead of ourselves; as the Prime Minister had said this morning, we were focused on winning the vote in the Lords.

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don’t understand it all, if he was a man of principle and seeks to take it to the people, then why fight it in a constituency that he knows he can return a majority, fight it in a constituency where there is no clear majority, but then he may not get is job back! I do have a few unanswered questions. Does a resigning MP get severance pay i.e a lump of money, if so how much, who pays for the bye election, if it the local council and its estimated at 30K, i guess that a least one home help for a year that no one is going to see
Comment by phil — 14 Jun 2008 on 7:10 pm | Link

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