Today I had the pleasure of meeting Sir Bob Geldof who was in East Yorkshire to speak in support of David Davis' by-election which our team have been assisting in. Sir Bob came to speak to a gathering of young people from across East Yorkshire about the erosion of liberty and freedom in the UK in recent years. His speech was brilliant and I particularly liked the extract below which talks about the loss of our freedoms and privacy in recent years.

"Let us ask ‘what is the point of England “ now that Parliament, whose primary purpose is to defend the liberties of the people have  so gratuitously, so wantonly, so casually betrayed that trust and taken from us that same liberty which above all else defines this country and its constitution, and that which has been its greatest gift to the world its freedom, its tolerances, its civilisation which William Wilberforce so forcefully argued so many centuries ago."

There can be no argument with these words and sir Bob certainly struck a chord with the young people gathered who I have to say asked some fantastically thoughtful questions. The Government now has 266 powers to force its way into our homes, often for trivial reasons. Petty officials can now snoop through our bins, eavesdrop on our phone call and even spy on children on the way to school.

I was in two minds about whether or not David Davis should have resigned his seat and in fact I told him of my worry just before he did. There can be no denying now though that he has definitely put the erosion of our freedoms and the interference of the Government into our daily lives well and truly in the spotlight.

Perhaps Gordon Brown should listen and start dealing with proper criminals rather than snooping on the daily activities of ordinary law-abiding citizens.