SIR Bob Geldof has called on voters in Haltemprice and Howden not to let apathy win the day.

The former Boomtown Rat singer provided the latest twist to an already extraordinary campaign yesterday by offering his support to David Davis during an event in Hull.

With Mr Davis sharing a stage at the Guildhall, Sir Bob urged people to vote in what he described as a “unique election”.

He said: “You are being asked to decide what kind of people you are and what kind of country you want.

“You are being asked to vote about us and you will probably never be asked to vote on something so profound again.”

The poverty campaigner said he decided to support Mr Davis's stance on freedom and civil liberties after watching his resignation speech on TV.

He said: “I was told David Davis was out on a limb on this one but it is the right limb to be on.

“It is a limb I am proud to join him on and it's the same limb William Wilberforce clambered out and perched himself on in this very town.

“This is not about the grotesqueness of slavery, but it is about justice, liberty and your rights.”

Sir Bob said he was not bothered about being linked to Mr Davis's Tory party.

“I am not a party guy. If it was Labour or a Liberal Democrat doing this I would be here,” he said.

After being barred from the event, Independent candidate David Icke described it as “a sham”.
From: this is hull and east riding