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David Davis writes for the Sunday Times about the lack of transparency and oversight of the security services
As published in the Sunday Times: The one thing our rampant spooks won’t find is our trust It is rare for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to find against the security services. Despite being set up in 2000 and hearing hundreds of complaints, it upheld one for the first time in February. So it was highly […]
David Davis writes for Conservative Home about the Troika’s failure in the Greek Crisis
As published on Conservative Home: Sir David Davis: Juncker, Draghi and Lagarde – the trio sacrificing the people of Greece on the altar of the Euro The Euro-clique that is the Troika should be ashamed of itself. This organisation, comprising the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the IMF run by yet another member […]
David Davis writes about grammar schools as drivers of social mobility
Originally published as the foreword to “The Ins and Outs of Selective Secondary Schools: A Debate”, a collection of essays compiled by the think tank Civitas: Since the 1970s, when most local authorities closed down their grammar schools, social mobility has taken a nosedive. As a result, there are now far fewer people from state-educated […]
David Davis writes for Conservative Home on the need to maintain spending on the armed forces
As published on Conservativehome.com: Sir David Davis: We must fund the Armed Forces Britain needs “Let him who desires peace prepare for war.” This motto is as true today as it was 15 centuries ago when it was coined by the Roman Vegetius. It was on this principle that the Prime Minister called on our […]
David Davis writes in the Guardian about the failings of the security services when investigating terrorism
As published in The Guardian: If MI5 sticks to outdated tactics, Emwazi won’t be the last British security failure It is extraordinary that Mohammed Emwazi, a man as evil and delusional as it is possible to be – a man who so callously beheads innocents in pursuit of flawed beliefs – escaped the attentions of […]