David Blackburn

DD’s having a shindig

The FT’s Alex Barker has a sweet little scoop. David Davis is having a knees-up for all 234 of his comrades in the prisoner voting debate.

Here’s the invitation:

It’s been a while since newspapers and the public commended parliament, so why not throw a ‘little party’. True, normal service will be resumed if Mark Reckless and friends fall into old habits; but last Thursday was a great moment for parliament, they’ve a right to some latitude. Of course, as Paul Goodman has conceded, it was a greater day still for Davis.

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