The Davis Fall Out

News of David Davis resignation has been a major blow for his party leader David Cameron. Not only has it given the Labour party a bone to chew on the Tory split on policy it also appears the press have turned on Cameron. It will go nowhere near far enough to hit the Tory leader’s poll lead but certainly Cameron will not be happy that Davis has rocked his seemingly steady ship.

The real concern for Cameron is that his detractors continually attack the fact he has very little in the way on policy, yet when a policy issue arises his own party have apparently fallen out. Thanks to Davis’ decision what should have been a very poor week for Brown, even with the victory on the 42 day bill he was under intense scrutiny, has now turned into a dilemma for Cameron. David Davis has turned a poor Labour news week into a question of Cameron’s leadership skills and policy ideas.

How the by-election pans out could be very significant. I have no doubt that Davis will win comfortably but if Labour do not field a candidate the only opposition Davis may mount is to his own party’s failure to commit to overturning this policy.