Geldof 'proud' to back Davis
SIR Bob Geldof has called on voters in Haltemprice and
Howden not to let apathy win the day.
The former Boomtown Rat singer provided the latest twist to
an already extraordinary campaign yesterday by offering his
support to David Davis during an event in Hull.
With Mr Davis sharing a stage at the Guildhall, Sir Bob
urged people to vote in what he described as a “unique
election”.
He said: “You are being asked to decide what kind of people
you are and what kind of country you want.
“You are being asked to vote about us and you will probably
never be asked to vote on something so profound again.”
The poverty campaigner said he decided to support Mr Davis's
stance on freedom and civil liberties after watching his
resignation speech on TV.
He said: “I was told David Davis was out on a limb on this
one but it is the right limb to be on.
“It is a limb I am proud to join him on and it's the same
limb William Wilberforce clambered out and perched himself on
in this very town.
“This is not about the grotesqueness of slavery, but it is
about justice, liberty and your rights.”
Sir Bob said he was not bothered about being linked to Mr
Davis's Tory party.
“I am not a party guy. If it was Labour or a Liberal
Democrat doing this I would be here,” he said.
After being barred from the event, Independent candidate
David Icke described it as “a sham”.
Comments
by john, Lancaster England
Saturday, July 12 2008, 4:37PM
“Congratulations to David Davis on winning his pointless and irrelevant By- election.
I hope the £80,000 tax payer money was well spent on the Conservative's publicity stunt
Also, equally, Congratulations to David Icke, because without costing the tax payer a single penny David Icke's election message is the most viewed world wide on Google video.
For all those who want to know what is really going on and not just the narrow information David Davis and Bob Geldof are flogging, then go to google video and type in "David Icke" and see the election special "Big Brother Big Picture"”
by NotBrainwashed, Haltemprice
Friday, July 11 2008, 8:59PM
“One of the most nauaeating pictures I ever saw was Bob Geldof LITERALLY SNUGGLING UP to Fony Blair -War Criminal & mass murderer abroad, torturer & murderer at home.”
by Lord Lucan, Wetwang
Tuesday, July 08 2008, 3:10PM
“There isn't a chance in hell of this bill being passed in the House of Lords anyway! So why waste everybody's time, energy & *money* on a non-starter?”
by Mike, Barton Upon Humber
Tuesday, July 08 2008, 2:57PM
“Let David speak what millions are thinking....and as for Geldof you failed in music...you failed in Africa.....and now you fail morally”
by kev, Swindon, Wilts
Tuesday, July 08 2008, 8:33AM
“Michael Merlin . David Ickes site must must have held some credibility for you as you sent 2845 posts to his site's forum . Now you have been banned from the forum by a moderator you say David Icke represents anything but free speech . Get a grip man and give your ego a rest .”
by Michael Merlin, Port Macquarie, Australia
Tuesday, July 08 2008, 3:52AM
“Welcome to the David Icke forums.
You are free to discuss anything of interest ...
best wishes,
David
Discussing moderation and moderation decisions on the threads.
While we appreciate that everyone has an opinion, moderation issues may NOT be the topic of thread discussions, no matter how strongly you feel about what may or may not have happened to yourself or another poster ... The Moderation team is NOT at liberty to discuss such matters on the forum threads, and any such attempts to debate a moderator in this way will be swiftly dealt with and may result in infraction points if a poster continues to seek attention in this manner ...
Obviously a controlled discussion is not something that represents free speech.
David Icke represents anything but free speech, as his forum shows the perfect example of this.
I posted 2,845 posts on the DI forum before I was banned for exposing multiple ID's that moderators use.”
by B Stringer, Leeds
Monday, July 07 2008, 4:42PM
“What absolute and utter hypocricy it is to ban David Icke from attending an event which is supposed to be discussing "Big Brother" issues!
A news story as huge as this, should be front page headlines throughout the mainstream media. Particularly as this is supposed to be a democratic by-election.
Icke's right, this election would appear to be a complete and utter sham”
by Ben Emlyn-Jones, Oxford UK
Monday, July 07 2008, 11:51AM
“Jonathan Adams.
Apologies if I misunderstood.”
by Paul Haley, Ipswich
Monday, July 07 2008, 10:47AM
“What hypocrisy!
Question: How can Davis resign on the freedom/rights/big brother issue and then ban another candidate from a public meeting on this very issue?!?!?!?
Answer: Because he's part of the most exclusive club of puppets in the world, Westminster..
As for Geldorf - well what happened to you mate? I guess they've Stepford Wived you too?
Shame...
Let Icke speak! The same people who ban him from this meeting moan about Mugabee (another puppet). Classic double think if ever you needed an example
Peace and Love
Litmus
x”
by walter, nottingham
Monday, July 07 2008, 9:29AM
“if we dont believe in freedom of expression for people we despise we dont believe in it at all.david davies is one of these people.so why the sham election?its not david icke who is conning gullable people,he at least is prepared to answer any questions put to him.there will always be people who cannot or will not accept what is happening in the world,thats thier choice.lets see what the local papers have to say about the banning of david icke from the meeting,if it had been the other way round it would be front page.keep going ickey.”