When is a full term not a full term ?

Quentin Davis ( he of the sudden conversion to socialism ) has declared he was elected to serve a full term and won't be standing down for anything like a bye-election so that his conned constituents can decide if they want to have an MP who supports the interests of the Scottish Labour party.

So a full term means a full term in NuLabour speak, right ?

Only Tony Blair is being forced from office by a Brownite insurrection stepping down early - despite what he promised to the country, and letting the clunking fist in which he knows is unsuitable to run a Kirkcaldy Fish Supper shop - let alone the UK. He's also decided the people of Sedgefield are unworthy of his continued efforts to represent them now he has what he wants from them and is off to chase his legacy in the middle east.

So the real answer is NuLabour will do whatever is most convenient for themselves - personally. When they promise - they really deceive, and when they give oaths they lie. Its who they are.

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PS Going to have to blog about the rest of today latter on - internet off - Blair may be running away, but I've got the annual school sports day and Father's race (aka annual mid life crisis race) to perform and I must get lots of work done this morning. If I'm alive by this evening then I'll be back for another chomp at the evils of socialism and its servants.

Quentin Davis - so whats the real reason then ?

Quentin Davis has apparently resigned from the Conservative party and gone across the floor to the socialists. We don't have a full explanation yet - and there will be no shortage of noise and spin from the NuBrownLabour camp - so it may be hard to find out what has happened.

Interestingly Quentin Davis's web site and Conservative citation have gone fromt he internet already ( google caches still there - but they don't say much.)

What interests me is why defect to Labour ? He won't hold the seat at the next election so he'll have to do a chicken run. Maybe he's been promised Paddy Ashdown's job ? ;-).

You might resign the whip for the explanations he's offering but not join the Labour party - especially one that the great clunking fist is about to run.

What Quentin getting for his treachery I wonder ? When the dust settles we will no doubt find out.

In the mean time another pattern is developing as Brown clearly has a whole set of stunts and tricks up his sleeve to use over the coming weeks and months. But his real challenge will come from doing the job he has manipulated the party, and the country to secure for himself.

But I'll admit its a bit of a coup - shows Flip how defections should really be organised.

Update:

My guess is this is really about the EU and Europe. I'd guess Mr Q Davis is not in favour of a referendum on Britain giving up its right to be a sovereign state.

Perhaps he'll do a chicken run to Sedgefield ?