tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post4118265559047987372..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Punishment and excusesJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-83787444562291385312017-06-29T19:11:25.627+01:002017-06-29T19:11:25.627+01:00Yes, how much does David Davis really get? I have ...Yes, how much does David Davis really get? I have a theory about this.<br />David Davis is not your typical Tory in the sense of being from the socially higher strata and therefore, being English, gifted with an inbred confidence and certainty about his own and Britain's place in the world based on Oxbridge, cricket, the Queen, the mother of Parliaments and (a memory of) Empire. Think Jacob Rees-Mogg as a caricature of this. Like our very own Stephen Crabb (Haverfordwest) David Davis was brought up in a Council House. I think it means they try possibly too hard to wave the Union Flag, hence they favour Brexit. But it also means something else. I think there is a good chance that actually David Davis knows how many beans make five. He has a natural affinity for personal liberty ie puts limits on police powers. He doesn't think "all our policemen are wonderful" as JR-M would because he has probably seen them in the raw.<br />My theory is that DD's antennae are telling him that Brexit is not sticking and is falling apart. He does actually have antennae which not all politicians do. <br />Don't expect any overt U-turns. But watch as he propounds the middle way more and more, as the Brexit panjandrum loses momentum. When it eventually stops, watch Davis the pragmatist shrug his shoulders and say "there we are then...we did our best....water under the bridge". He will not froth at the mouth. Just my theory. But you heard it here first.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937342201811857738noreply@blogger.com