10. In July 2009 David Davis, a backbench Conservative MP, used parliamentary privilege to air Mr Ahmed's case; he received no response from ministers, who said the case was sub judice.
11. The Tories haplessly failed to win two parliamentary by-elections; some of their donors and a few backbench MPs began to mutiny, and Mr Brown readied his party for another, early, election.
12. The Tories haplessly failed to win two parliamentary by-elections; some of their donors and a few backbench MPs began to mutiny, and Mr Brown readied his party for another, early, election.