David Davis big bang theory was in practice a damp squib!

David Davis big bang theory was in practice a damp squib!

Knob head David Davis

"The previous big bang exercise was the vote on prisoner votes. [Davis and Jack Straw tabled the motion that led to the Commons voting to defy the European court of human rights and insist on prisoners not being allowed to vote].

It was plain as a pikestaff what we wanted to do there. We wanted to put the government in a position where it had to have an argument with the European court of human rights over this issue".

The Court has given the UK until October 11 to fully comply.