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David Davis, one of the Conservatives' best-known MPs, has resigned as Shadow Home Secretary.

The move has been a shock to the political world, and has been planned in order to trigger a by-election. Davis will fight to be re-elected, on a stance of being opposed to the prospect of being able to arrest and detain suspects for up to 42 days without charge, which was approved in the Commons yesterday.

The bill, supposedly aimed at combatting terrorism, changes the present limit of 28 days - which itself had been extended from 48 hours between 2000 and 2006.

The BBC is reporting that Davis has made a deal with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg - whose party, along with the Conservatives, also opposed the changes - that a Lib Dem candidate would not be put forward for the race.

The BBC have produced a short Q&A over the changes, which can be found here.

In a written answer to a question from the Conservatives, it has been revealed that, in the past five years, the pitifully miniscule sum of £230 has been spent on promoting St. George's Day.

Meanwhile, that very same Government has been urging the public to "reclaim the day from bigots".

England's national day, celebrated on the 23rd of April, had just £116 of investment this year, £114 last year, and nothing in the previous three.

Yet another abhorrently shameful case of dictatorial do-as-we-say-not-as-we-do socialist politics.