David Davis: the morning view

A flick through the papers this morning just confirms the spilt between the political commentariat and the public over David Davis. Most of the headlines are of the negative – or, at least, mitigated – variety: “David Davis turns Labour tragedy into Labour farce” and “From from bruiser to loser”, for instance. Although Quentin Letts and Simon Heffer swim against that particular tide.

For myself, I think there’s something sublime about Davis’ actions. They’re so far-removed from what we normally expect of politicians that it’s hard not to applaud. But it’s this quality that makes it difficult to offer further comment – when the unprecedented comes along, who knows what will happen next? As I wrote yesterday, I do think the odds are against Davis succeeding as he wants to. But perhaps we’ll only be able pass judgement in two years time. Or beyond.