“His seat isn’t entirely safe, so it really is a very principled stand.”
His seat is safe in this case, he won it by 5000 odd majority over the Lib Dems with Labour a distant third, and the Lib Dems already said they won’t contest the by election.
I think it is a principled stand, but I’m worried it could end up just looking like a publicity stunt.
The obvious political move for Labour would be to dismiss it as such and also not to contest the seat. Interesting to see if that’s what they do.
He’s lost his position as Home Secratary in the Shadow Cabinet, so he has had to make a sacrifice in his political career, and by all accounts it seems that Dave-o is rather annoyed with what he has done. It didn’t take him long to replace him on the front bench....