The shadow home secretary David Davis shocked Westminster today by announcing that he was resigning as an MP to "take a stand" against the Government's 42-day terror detention plan.
He said he was forcing a by-election to protest against the "insidious" erosion of civil liberties in Britain.
MP stands for "Member of Parliament", by the way...
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