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David Davis writes about British involvement in airstrikes against ISIS for the Observer
As published in the Observer: Should parliament endorse UK air strikes in Syria? David Cameron made a characteristically fluent case on Thursday. But he did not actually answer the two critical questions that must precede any decision by Britain to initiate hostilities within Syria: namely, what is the political end game and what is the […]
David Davis writes for CapX on why we need a proper plan before taking on IS
As published on CapX: “In 2012 the House of Commons voted down David Cameron’s attempt to bomb Assad’s forces in Syria. Fifty Conservative backbenchers either abstained or voted against the government in that defeat. They did not do so because they were pacifists. A disproportionate number of them were ex-military officers. The reason they voted […]
David Davis writes about the terrorist threat and open borders for the Evening Standard
As published in the Evening Standard: After Paris it is clear we cannot have a Europe without borders The Schengen Agreement is over. The concept of free movement throughout Europe was already collapsing as waves of people fleeing the Syrian civil war overwhelmed the European Union’s border controls. It was put on life support when […]
David Davis writes for the Financial Times about the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill
As published in the Financial Times: UK government’s missed chance to fix broken surveillance system The UK security services have at last begun to put some effort into their PR. With the publication of the draft investigatory powers bill coinciding with the release of the latest Bond film, we have seen a concerted effort in the past […]
David Davis writes for CapX about the Lords rebellion on tax credits
As published on CapX.co: Lords right to fight government over tax credit cuts There is a paradox in the fierce criticism of the House of Lords by some members of the government in the row over tax credits. The rather thin grasp of history of some of the critics ignores the original cause of the […]