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9 July 2008

Vote for Little Britain?

Simon Hooper visits Haltemprice and Howden where David Davis has forced a by-election on civil liber

By Simon Hooper

It’s not hard finding David Davis. There he is as I drive through Willerby, standing outside his campaign headquarters, taking advantage of a sunny break between the early morning Yorkshire showers to do his first television interview of the day.

A few minutes later, having warmly greeted the day’s visiting Conservative bigwigs, former shadow cabinet colleagues George Osborne and Michael Gove, Davis can barely be restrained from his electorate any longer.

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