"Davies yielded? I can understand what you are getting at with the others, but Davies? Michael Davies?"
As well as a champion of the flawed indult arrangement Davies was starting to put too much trust in Ratzinger who as we know is a creature of Vatican II. His work to defend tradition is acknowledged but when push came to shove he preferred to stick with the modernisers.
Atending both indult and SSPX churches must be very confusing. In one you accept Vatican II and Novus Ordo as an alternative; in the other you do not.
No, I think you misunderstand Davies' intention here. He really did think that Ratzinger was on our side and under the circumstances was doing at least something behind the scenes. One example is his lifting of the "excommunication" towards the supporters of the SSPX in Hawaii. Davies may well have been mistaken on this (I personally have my grave doubts), but that does not mean he "yielded" or sided with the "modernisers", as if he turned his back on everything else he did.
Atending both indult and SSPX churches must be very confusing. In one you accept Vatican II and Novus Ordo as an alternative; in the other you do not.
No, not at all. My attitude in both is the same. Although the terms of the Indult are far too restrictive (and, for example, having to recognise the "orthodoxy" or the new rite of Mass), it should simply be used as a vehicle to promote tradition in the mainstream Church. I don't honestly believe parish churches should be just left to rot in their Novus Ordo hole - tradition needs to take root once again and promoted wherever it is welcome. Traditional priests in dioceses need our support, working as they are under such impossible circumstances, not our condemnation.