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Indeed, its already seen as a very hollow victory for brown, especially as he had to practicly "buy" it from other sources. If this gets chucked out of the Lords, not only will it make him look like a fool, but it will give the Tories even more ammunition, especially with Mr Davis' public "resignation" a few days ago. The only downside to this is that it is now the Conservatives which will be under the public glare, instead of Labour. Mr Brown must have been laughing his socks off when he heard the news about David Davis.

Another point, even though Davis is really not resigning, he is throwing away a very good position in any future cabinet by doing this. He has made a great career sacrafice to make a personal stand in what he genuinely believes in, that is a rare thing indeed in the world of politics. Therefore, he has my full support and good luck to him in the upcoming election.