Comments on: David Davis to answer my question?

By: harriet

harriet — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:51:25 +0000

how long does it take for a peice of chewing gum (when thrown on the floor) to disintegrate completely?

By: Thank you, David Davis | No geek is an island

Thank you, David Davis | No geek is an island — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:51:02 +0000

[...] David Davis, in wasting thousands of pounds of taxpayers money in a farce of a by-election, has answered my question. Sadly, his answer is exceedingly pedestrian and is revealed in the Treasury press release that [...]

By: RiimZ

RiimZ — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:01:49 +0000

what is the first day of the week?

By: Will

Will — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:04:31 +0000

A bit of research suggests that if David Davis will have to seek to be “released” from the post if he wants to be able to retake his seat and no-one has succeeded him by that time.

In the event of his forgetting to do that, the Speaker and the House of Commons have a certain amount of leeway to get it sorted and let him take the seat.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:16:08 +0000

The precadents would be Billy McCrea and Enoch Powell who were the last Ulster Unionists to resign their seats in December 1985 in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement only to be re-elected the following month.

By: Jock

Jock — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:20:56 +0000

Actually I think it’s much simpler – an MP may not accept a paid crown office while he is an MP, but he can be elected whilst holding a crown paid office. ie it disqualifies you if you are already an MP but doesn’t disqualify you from standing in an election.

When cabinet ministers used routinely to resign and trigger a by-election on appointment this was a similar situation.