"[E]very law we write must be written on the presumption that it will be a government very unlike ours who will be in charge at some point in the future."
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David Davis
Sir David Michael Davis KCB (born 23 December 1948) is a British politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Haltemprice and Howden, formerly Boothferry, since 1987. Davis was sworn of the Privy Council in the [[w:1997 New Year Honour
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