BRITAIN HAS REAL CONSERVATIVES, WE HAVE

authoritarian morons. David Davis, a conservative MP, has resigned in protest over the move to increase the detention without proof period to 42 days. The BBC has his resignation speech and here's a relevant part:

Up until yesterday, I took the view that what we did in the House of Commons representing our constituents was a noble endeavour because with centuries or forebears we defended the freedoms of the British people. Well we did up until yesterday.

This Sunday is the anniversary of Magna Carta - the document that guarantees that most fundamental of British freedoms - Habeus Corpus.

The right not to be imprisoned by the state without charge or reason. Yesterday this house decided to allow the state to lock up potentially innocent British citizens for up to six weeks without charge.

American libertarians get the point, why can't the movement conservatives?

Glenn Greenwald, as usual, has a very good analysis and a comparison to American polticians.