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Your edits to Football hooliganism

Please note that the article only covers hooliganism. Neither the Celtic incident nor the incidents in Iraq are hooligan related which is why they have both been reverted by myself and another user. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 03:44, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John's edits were O.K.!--My name is Prunella (talk) 19:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline

Davis's resignation announcement came on 12 June 2008, a day after the passing of the initial vote on detention. Davis gave a post-resignation press conference outside parliament, having been refused the opportunity to do so in the House of Commons by the Speaker. His resignation speech came on the back of a similar newspaper column written by previous Conservative Prime Minister John Major a week earlier. Davis would be the official Conservative candidate.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Critics initially described Davis's decision as an emotional and knee-jerk reaction, however Davis later stated that the idea to resign if the vote was passed came as early as the previous weekend,^[4] and he had discussed standing down with his local party earlier in the week.^[5]

On suggestions that the Labour Party might not field a candidate, given the nature of the campaign, the safeness of the seat, and the previous bad result for Labour in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, 2008, Davis stated that "we will have the campaign anyway, and find people to argue on both sides of the debate".^[4]

On the 13 June, the former editor of The Sun newspaper, Kelvin MacKenzie, announced that he was 90% certain to contest the election, should Labour not stand. He would stand on a pro-42-day detention platform, stating: "I have been associated with The Sun for 30 years. The Sun is very, very hostile to David Davis because of his 28 day stance and The Sun has always been very up for 42 days and perhaps even 420 days".^[6]

On 16 June 2008 an official campaign website, www.daviddavisforfreedom.com, and a YouTube channel daviddavisforfreedom were launched.

Davis formally stood down as an MP on 18 June 2008, by accepting the position of Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern, which he immediately renounced in order to be able to stand for the by-election; this is the traditional method of resigning from Parliament, since MPs are not permitted to hold most positions in the gift of the Crown without approval from their constituencies.^[7] Immediately after the announcement, Labour announced they would not field a candidate.^[8]

On 19 June 2008, comments by Culture Secretary Andrew Burnham contrasting Davis's past political record on libertarian issues, with the views of Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti, who Davis asked for advice prior to his resignation, brought a threat of litigation from Chakrabarti to Burnham pending an apology.^[9]

In an appearance on the panel of Question Time on 20 June 2008, Davis conceded that the he was unlikely to be "offered his job (in the shadow cabinet) back", and the likely set-back to his political career was a "cost he would have to bear" as a result of his decision to resign.

On 11 July 2008, Davis was subsequqently re-elected to his seat with 72% of the vote.^[10] Davis recieved 17,113 votes, with the closest challenge coming from the Green Party and English Democrats with 1,758 and 1,714 votes respectively. All other candidates lost their deposit due to polling less than 5% of the vote.

In his acceptance speech after the by-election, Davis stated that "today is not the end of this campaign", pledging to continue campaigning against 42 day detention, ID cards and governmental invasion of privacy. Davis will return to Parliament as a backbencher, with no immediate likelihood of a return to the Shadow Cabinet^[11].

Reaction

While the Conservative party voted against the 42 day extension in the initial poll, in the days following his resignation, Davis's move was characterised by Conservative party leader David Cameron as a "very courageous and brave" decision, but a "personal decision, and not one of the Shadow Cabinet or Conservative Party".^[4] Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti described the move as "very brave".^[9]

Opinion is sharply divided over Davis's actions. Many media commentators have poured scorn on Davis for precipitating an unnecessary by-election, characterising his actions as "quixotic","egotistical" or even "mad". Equally, he has been described as "new voice of the people", and as setting a "powerful example". The varying opinions have been characterised as "a torrent of conflicting views".^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

A poll carried out in the constituency for the The Mail on Sunday on the day after Mr Davis's resignation found that 57% of respondents (and more than seven out of ten Conservative voters) supported Davis's decision to force a by-election against 32% who opposed his decision; 69% said they thought his actions were "principled".^[18] However, a national poll for the The Independent reported that 48% thought Mr Davis was wrong to resign over 42 days detention against 39% who believed he was right.^[19]

Funding

Immediately following his resignation, Conservative party leader David Cameron stated that he would campaign for Davis, but he would receive no funding from Conservative Party HQ.^[20] On the day after the by-election, Davis stated on Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show that this lack of party funding had produced an unexpected demonstration of grass roots support for the campaign, with the subsequent donation of £40,000 toward the campaign in small amounts from many sources around the country.

Culture Secretary Andrew Burnham called on Davis to fund the cost of the by-election to the taxpayer, estimated at £80,000, from his own pocket.^[8]

External links

Official campaign website

Fat primary school kids in the U.K.!

15% of kids in Stockton-On-Tees, 17%-25 of all British kinds and 4.5% of Adur kids are fat. Greater London, North Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Merseyside are also very roley-poly. The thinnest county is West Sussex. Leicestershire has the average level of 8%. ^[21] ^[22]

22.9% of U.K. 4-5 year olds and 31.6% of 10-11 year olds are fat or obese.--86.29.138.234 (talk) 10:13, 2 November 2009 (UTC). 11.3% of London's 4-5 year olds and 20.8% of London's 10-11 year olsd are fat or obese.--86.29.143.31 (talk) 02:18, 3 November 2009 (UTC) ^[23][reply]

The use of slimming drugs has gon up 15-fold between 1999 and 2006 ^[24]!--86.29.142.228 (talk) 17:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've heard of it to.--86.29.138.9 (talk) 10:16, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

R.O.H.H.A.D.!

Not all fat kids enjoy it! Haven never even wanted to be fat, because ROHHAD syndrome forced it on to her against her will! We must be fair to obese children, since some genially can't help what they are becoming!--86.29.140.64 (talk) 15:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.E.

Let's add this photo to to premote P.E.--86.29.140.64 (talk) 15:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meater

Is this some intresting Meater for you?--86.29.140.64 (talk) 16:26, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A Thames Turbo at Reading station in the year 2002.
A Thames Turbo Express Oxford station in the year 2000
A typical 1950 girl's school uniform.
The death toll in the Maule Regional Earthquake of 2010 (A.K.A.-2010 Chile earthquake) by 14.35 and 15.35 on February the 27th, 03.23 on February the 28th and the apparently final death toll of 05.00 on March the 1st
A Thames Turbo Express Stratford upon Avon station in the year 2002.
West Ruislip station's Chiltern Railways' platform in 2002.
Haddenham's demolished old station in 2007.
Different views of King's Sutton station as of 2010.
A Wrexham & Shropshire engine in Banbury station during 2009.
A Virgin Trains Mk2 coach at Banbury in 2000. All the T.O.C.'s slam door stock was phased out by about 2003-2004, due to passenger safety concerns relating to such rolling stock.
A photo-montage of the Village of of King's Sutton in Northamptonshire. Each picture is date stamped.
It is a picture of a Bus in Reading, Berkshire during 2000.
A Valley Railways train in Cardiff Central station during 2000.
A Virgin trains Mk2 coach at Banbury in 2001. All of Virgin's slam door stock was phased out by 2003, due to passenger safety concerns relating to such rolling stock.
A First North Western Class 156 at Romiley Junction station, near Manchester in the year 2001. It is in it's former 'Network North Western' Regional Railways livery.
A Wessex Train in Bristol Temple Meads station with Post Office wagons in the background during 2001.
A former Strathclyde Public Transport train at Romiley Junction during 2003.
A Virgin Trains Class 158 'BREL Express' on 'Route- VT 0' D.M.U.. It was pictured in Swindon station during 2000. Many of these sets had become badly rundown on this route.
A photo-montage of Conway, in Wales, in 2009. ‎
A picture of a Centro EMU in Coventry station in 2001.

A picture of a Centro EMU in Coventry station in 2001.
The interior of a Virgin owned 'BREL Express' in 2000. The unit that run an experimental between shuttle service Birmingham New Street and Reading, via Coventry, Leamington Spa, Banbury and Oxford between 2000 and 2001. It was nicknamed "Tatty-Curtains" due to the poor state of interior fittings.
The Banbury Cake and Banbury Review newspapers did an exposé on the weather induced potholes during the second week of January 2010.
A picture of a green preserved and a blue and white BR regional railways Mk1 carnage's in Crewe during 2000. The aging Mark 1 carriages were being phased out at the time of privatisation due to the superstructures detached from their underframes on impact and disintegrated in the collision.
The exterior of a Central Trains owned Class 158 'BREL Express' in 2003. The unit run a brief experimental between shuttle service Oxford and Stratford upon Avon, via Warwick, Leamington Spa, Banbury 2003.
A jpg picture of a Croydon Tram, in Croydon, London during the year 2000.
A png picture of a Croydon Tram, in Croydon, London during the year 2000.
A picture of an ex-Connex Class 466 EMU at Blackfriars station in the year 2006. The popular Class 466 EMUs were refurbished by Connex in 2002.
A picture of 2 Virgin HSTs and there Mk 3 carrages at Leamington Spa station in the year 2001. The HST is one of the UK's most icconic trains ever.
A picture of a Virgin Trains' MK 3 carriage at Crewe station in the year 2000. It is in its former Intercity livery.
A Virgin Trains 'Virgin Voyager' train at Banbury station in the year 2004. A Virgin Trains 'Virgin Voyager' train at Banbury station in the year 2004. They are still one of the most respected and publicly acclaimed trains in the UK.
A picture of the grey and white Intercity Mk1 carnage at Crewe Goods yard during 2001. The aging Mark 1 carriages were being phased out at the time of privatisation due to safety concerns. Virgin Trains were one of the first to scrap them in the 1990's, while Arriva Trains Wales still use 5 help fill in for broken stock on North Coast services.
A picture of the blue NWSE Mk2 and grey and white Intercity Mk1 carnages in Crewe Goods yard during 2001.
A picture of the grey and white Intercity Mk1 carnage at Crewe Goods yard during 2001. The aging Mark 1 carriages were being phased out at the time of privatisation due to safety concerns.
A Freightliner loco in Banbury station during 2001. It is in its old British Rail livery.