Revealed: Tory politician links to extreme right

[Denzil_DC]

HOPE not hate can reveal that Tory politician Philip Davies, currently seeking re-election in Shipley, has been associating with anti-feminist pressure group ‘Ladies For Philip Davies’ (L4PD), which has connections to extreme right-wing networks.

L4PD is linked to the racial nationalist London Forum, which in February held a secret meeting addressed by Holocaust denier David Irving. L4PD founding member Elizabeth Hobson is a vocal supporter of Davies and has shared platforms with some of the most prominent extreme-right figures active in the UK and overseas.

Davies’ 12 years serving as Conservative MP for Shipley, West Yorkshire, have been characterised by a seemingly endless series of controversies.

An outspoken critic of what he calls “feminist zealots”, Davies filibustered for more than an hour in order to prevent the passage of a bill on preventing violence against women, and has called for the word “women” to be removed from the Women and Equalities Committee.

http://hopenothate.org.uk/2017/06/02/tory-politician-links-extreme-far-right/

Davies has been a notorious filibusterer during his time in Parliament:

Here are some of the bills Tory MP Philip Davies has filibustered
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/philip-davies-filibuster-domestic-violence-a7479266.html

7 facepalm moments from Tory MP Philip Davies' 77-minute speech against a domestic violence law
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/7-facepalm-moments-tory-mp-9469223

Tory MP tries and fails to block anti-domestic violence bill with 91-minute speech
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/domestic-violence-istanbul-convention-bill-philip-davies-filibuster-parliament-snp-a7597686.html

[T_i_B]

1. No surprise that it's Phillip Davies

Last edited Sat Jun 3, 2017, 03:54 PM - Edit history (1)

I feel I must again remind people that his father was elected Mayor of Doncaster as part of the extreme right wing English Democrats.

This is not surprising given who it is. Quite possibly the worst MP in parliament.

[LeftishBrit]

2. Not surprised. Davies is not so much 'linked to extreme right' as 'just plain extreme right'

I suspect that he would have stood for a far-right party - like his father, who was English Democrat Mayor of Doncaster - if he had had a chance of winning that way.

Besides the things mentioned in the article, some years ago, he spent a long period pestering the Equality and Human Rights Commission on issues such as people's right to 'black up'. He opposes the minimum wage, and in particular has said that disabled people are 'by definition less productive' and should work for less than the minimum wage. He calls himself libertarian, and yet has said that more people should be in prison.

He explicitly supported Donald Trump's election:


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-poll-live-philip-davies-tory-mp-conservative-british-uk-a7338171.html

[Denzil_DC]

3. Looks like we won't have Philip Davies to kick around any more!

Link to tweet

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Kevin Schofield ✔ @PolhomeEditor

Confirmed: Philip Davies has lost to Labour in Shipley #GE2017

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What a total waste of DNA that man is.

[T_i_B]

4. Looks like he scraped back in.

We've also lost the best MP in parliament (Greg Mulholland).

But Theresa May's gamble is not looking to have worked as it stands right now.

[Denzil_DC]

5. OK, scratch that and cross Kevin Schofield off my list of reliable sources:

Link to tweet

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Kevin Schofield ✔ @PolhomeEditor

Apologies. Was erroneously told by Labour that Philip Davies had lost in Shipley. Have deleted original tweet.

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Gah.


Conservatives Philip Davies 27,417

Labour Steve Clapcote 22,736

Liberal Democrats Caroline Jones 2,202

Women's Equality Party Sophie Walker 1,040

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000925