My first thoughts when I was told David Davis was resigning was that the MP for Monmouth must have done something very out of character. It seems I wasn't the only one, but the truth rapidly became clear.
Well, clear-ish. There are lots of questions about this remarkable resignation, and I'm not sure anyone can provide the answers at the moment (although we’re all asking).
They are:
1) Why on earth fight a by-election on a single issue when you can make all the noise in the world on the same issue as shadow home secretary?
2) What if no main parties put up a candidate (the Lib Dems have already said they won't) and Mr Davis is left looking a bit lonely?
3) Is the decision to quit related to a comment on the Today programme on Wednesday morning that a Tory government would repeal 42-day detention – not yet official Tory policy – that looks like an attempt to bounce David Cameron?
4) When did David Cameron find out what Mr Davis was planning, and what does he really think about it?
Mr Davis has managed to shift the terms of the debate at Westminster, but not in the way he was hoping, I don't think.
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