Stephen Pollard probably has the best take on this: it's not just the risks for his own party inherent in Davis's decision, it's that there's no obvious up-side. As Pollard puts it:
Let's assume that things panned out as he had wished, and he won a thumping majority against Labour in the by-election. So what? What would it have achieved? Nothing. A big fat nada, other than to remove from the post of Shadow Home Secretary a man committed to the abolition of 42 days. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot... All it can do is damage his own party's chances of getting into power and doing what he claims to want - standing up for civil liberties.
And I have to admit to wincing when Davis described it as a "noble endeavour". I can't be alone in thinking, "I'll be the judge of that."
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