David Davies the Tory MP for Monmouth, deputy leader of the Conservative Party in Wales and Chairman of the Welsh Affairs Committee (you need all that because there are gallons of similarly named politicians) has an obsession with immigration, pesky Human Rights and political correctness, he has voted ‘moderately‘ against LGBT rights. He also condones torture:

The Conservative MP for Monmouth, David Davies, insisted that the Government should repeal the [Human Rights] Act after the new commission has properly considered the legal implications.’Active members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban are living in this country and not being deported because of concerns about their human rights if something horrible happens to them if they are sent home,’ Mr Davies said. ’Personally I would have thought that would be a bonus rather than a reason for not sending them back. I don’t mind if the Act is torn up, changed or amended. But I hope that whatever this commission comes up with, the views of the vast majority of people in this country who believe it is fundamentally wrong are respected.’

For those in Wales who had noticed his rabid burblings- Rape caused by immigrant’s culture or upset if he is accurately labelled as far right, which in tedious politician fashion he elevates into a straw man (they called me a Nazi!!!!) to attempt to get a apology (he failed), he was a reliable source of BNP lite soundbites-

He added: “For the record my grandfather fought against Nazism in World War II and my other grandfather was a miner, so he couldn’t. If you’d have asked both of them, they would have said that they weren’t fighting for a country where there would be unlimited immigration and where enemies of the state – members of the Taliban now can come into this country bring their families with them, claim asylum and get priority on the housing list over ex-members of the British army who leave the armed forces.”

And before you know it he froths off about the evil Muslim Caliphate conspiracy (denying the link between our wars of agression and domestic terrorist attacks, a link even MI5 acknowledged) -

But let us not think that the war has led to the current bombing campaign by Islamic terrorists. Those responsible would be letting off bombs regardless because their real goal is not the removal of British troops from Iraq , but the imposition of an Islamic state or Caliphate across the Muslim World and Europe .

With his old and neglected blog we can play wingnut bingo-

• The War on Christmas
• BBC is biased (against Christians!)
• Fox Hunting
• ‘Stop funding politically correct organisations which claim to stick up for minority groups’ He specifically mentions:- ‘NHS Equality Unit. This is an organisation funded out of NHS money which looks for examples of “homophobia and racism” in the NHS. Stonewall, the Ethnic Business Support Programme, the Minority Ethnic Women’s Network, The Black Environmental Network, the All Wales Ethnic Minority Association.’
• Anti Choice
• Gypsies!
• Economic Genius:- Company taxation levels are far lower across the Irish sea something which has surely played a far greater role in Ireland’s economic success than it’s membership of the Euro.
• ‘Having released numerous IRA terrorists from jail Mr “Tough on terror” Blair is about to grant an amnesty to IRA terrorists on the run. Meanwhile British soldiers who served in Northern Ireland in the 70s could face prosecution for carrying out their duties.’ Now I duuno, could he mean the Bloody Sunday Inquiry?
• Um Muslims are like Catholics who tried to blow up parliament or something. Not sure where he gets his history from, the big book of Britishness?
• Hate Crime
• Israel
• Hijab
• England ended slavery so we don’t have to apologise for it…
• Yay the Closet!
• Silly NHS treating foreigners, ‘the NHS, or rather the Inter- National Health Service‘
• He does stress that he can’t be racist because he is married to a Hungarian woman. I am sure some of his best friends are black too.
• He does not support the death penalty, thus denying us a Full House, well ‘yet‘.
• Though to be fair, he did not give Blair a standing ovation when he left the House, as many did.

Once the Tories gained power it has been only a matter of time before he started to come out with more crypto fascist sounding bile. And he’s hit a double here, he appears to believe the military and police should have their rights privileged about the rest of the public, he makes an obtuse allusion to people benefitting from positive discrimination, a standard right wing race bating dog whistle, on his way to proclaiming that veterans should get preferential treatment in job interviews. Elevation of military service to a privileged celebrated ideal is a fascist cliché, so he’s not even original. Then on Public Order he bemoans the IPCC might investigate police crimes against protesters and be supported by ‘some in high places’, he really shouldn’t worry, the IPCC is a co-opted PR agency to ensure no aggressive investigation of police crimes happen.

Oral Answers to Questions – Defence: Former Service Personnel (Support Services) (13 Dec 2010)
David Davies: Has the Minister considered lobbying the Government to
change the law so that ex-service personnel can be discriminated in
favour of in job interviews? Does he agree that were we to add
ex-service personnel to the list of people in our society who can be
discriminated in favour of, it would be a true example of positive
discrimination?

Oral Answers to Questions – Defence: Public Order Policing (13 Dec 2010)
David Davies: Does the Home Secretary acknowledge that one problem is
that the police know that any attempt to deal with violent protest will
be met by a barrage of complaints to the IPCC, which some in high places
will support? Does she accept that it is time that we started to think a
little more about the human rights of police officers to do their jobs
free of assault and injury?

So when the cops were dragging Jody McIntyre out of his wheelchair, not once but twice, Davey boy must have been cheering the poor oppressed thin blue line (careful fellas, he might be hiding some crutches). But don’t have nightmares, David Davies also serves as a special constable for the British transport police. I am sure an asylum seeker, an LGBT person, a peace activist or a democratically engaged student needing his assistance would gain full help and his personal beliefs would in no way lead to them being treated unfairly, even if those same beliefs drive him to be an MP and legislate to support them.