Sir Roger Gale
@SirRogerGale
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Member of Parliament for Herne Bay & Sandwich (with West Thanet).
Herne Bay and Sandwich, UK
Joined November 2018
Loyalty is a fine thing Nadine Dorries but Mr Johnson was not removed by ‘a coup’. He was forced to resign when too many of his Ministers and backbenchers like myself made it plain that we were no longer prepared to tolerate his casual relationship with the truth.
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I believe that the PM has misled the HoC’s from the despatch box. That is a resignation issue. I have made my own position clear. It is now a matter for my Conservative parliamentary colleagues to decide whether or not to instigate a vote of no confidence.
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The Home Secretary said yesterday that a visa centre had already been set up in Calais. This was untrue and under any normal administration that would be a resigning matter.
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We need to remember that Mr Johnson is still under investigation by the Privileges Committee for potentially misleading the House. Until that investigation is complete and he is found guilty or cleared, there should be no possibility of him returning to Government.
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I have read with great care the letter that the PM has sent to all colleagues pleading for support in the ballot box tonight. With sadness I hold the view that the PM is not the fit and proper person to remain, in the interest of our country, as Prime Minister of the UK.
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While as a father and as a grandfather I fully appreciate Mr Cummings’ desire to protect his child. There cannot be one law for the Prime Minister’s staff and another for everyone else. He has sent out completely the wrong message and his position is no longer tenable.
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The Home Secretary has misled the House of Commons. In response to my question yesterday she said “I have made it clear, in terms of the visa application centre that has now been set up en-route to Calais that we have staff in Calais.” 1/3.
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So we now know the answer to the question that I posed yesterday: just fifty vivas granted to date and families turned back at Calais. A disgrace.
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The new Home Secretary’s dog-whistle response to illegal immigration may play well at a party conference but what is needed is a mature and realistic response to a very real international problem not a childish re-write of failed UKIP soundbites.
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Today I asked the Prime Minister why, during his time as Public Prosecutor, he declined to instigate a prosecution for rape and sexual abuse against Mohamed Al Fayed.
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Johnson “Over my dead body will there be a border in the Irish Sea” signed & campaigned on a ‘great’ withdrawal agreement drawn up by (Lord) Frost that contained exactly that. Now the Union of the UK is at risk. Are you prepared to take responsibility for this Prime Minister?.
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If Mr Johnson fails to reach an acceptable trade agreement with the EU the Prime Minister will also have failed the people of the United Kingdom. As a lifelong member of the Conservative Party, I believe that Mr Johnson's position as Prime Minister would be untenable. 1/2.
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Grim scenes outside Parliament today and disgraceful treatment of Sir Keir Starmer. All Members of Parliament have a right to go about our lawful business without intimidation. This, I fear, is the direct result of the deliberately careless use of language in the Chamber.
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Spin them how you like the by- election results in Tiverton & Honiton and in Wakefield are another vote of no-confidence in a Prime Minister that ought to honourably this morning be re-considering his position. 1/2.
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What is needed is a visa waiver scheme that allows Ukrainian children and adults with a valid Ukrainian passport to be allowed into Britain without unnecessary bureaucracy and delay. 3/3.
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‘Bring a bottle’ to a ‘work event’ is a novel idea! Very thin ice indeed.
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An international crisis is a time for the House to work together. Cheap shots from the stage to the gallery may go down well with some of the Party faithful, but it demonstrates a lack of true leadership and the dignity that the situation demands. Another own goal.
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A Whitehall Farce created in Scotland Yard! “You can release your report but you cannot refer to the details upon which it is based” Pure genius.
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As @RosieDuffield1’s parliamentary neighbour I can only say that I admire her raw courage in saying what many of her experienced colleagues are thinking but have yet to say. 1/4.
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Ever since the Bill was published I have said that I would vote against it, and I have done so. Even though the Bill has passed this stage, I shall continue to oppose it unless there is a significant amendment which will restore the integrity of this government and the country.
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That is untrue. There was no visa application centre ‘en-route to Calais’ & refugees from the war in Ukraine are being sent back to Paris or Brussels to obtain visas. 2/3.
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We have to offer a safe haven for refugees from Soviet oppression as we have done in the past. We must do this with the minimum of bureaucracy and the maximum of compassion. Time to roll out the welcome mat.
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Kent appears to be in Lateral Flow and PCR Test gridlock. Manston staff working flat out, no stocks in chemists and no East Kent delivery slots available. The Secretary of State in charge is not answering his phone, whilst I am trying to get help for constituents.
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I have already indicated publicly that I have submitted a formal letter to the Chairman of the 1922 Committee calling for a Leadership Election. (This was done a year ago following the 'Barnard Castle' incident and has been refreshed recently). 1/3.
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I hold to my view that we need a change of what Ms Gray has described as ‘the senior political leadership at the centre’. It must be left to my Conservative colleagues to listen to their constituents and form their own conclusions as to necessary future action.
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The No.10 party has all the hallmarks of another ‘Barnard Castle’ moment. No.10 clearly has some serious questions to answer. Fast.
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With hindsight the ‘oven ready’ Withdrawal Agreement and NI Protocol that the Foreign Secretary and a majority of current Members of Parliament voted for in December 2019 needed a bit of ‘de-Frosting’ before it was cooked! 1/2.
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I want the 1922 Committee to put pressure on the PM. They need to say that this has gone too far and there is huge public backlash in what has happened & the way it has been handled. The time I think, has come for Mr Cummings to resign or for the PM to dispense of his services.
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Teachers and parents need a clear and definitive statement that schools will not be required to reopen in January until effective vaccination is made available to teaching staff. 1/2.
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I shall vote today to honour our election pledge, uphold the law and restore our overseas aid spending to just 0.7% of a reduced Gross National Income.
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Voting to break a voluntary international agreement is wrong and I shall continue to oppose it. The timing of this madness is inept and dangerous - unless, of course, you are determined to crash out of the transition period without a deal.
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How many refugees from the war in Ukraine have to date been received in the United Kingdom? . What are we doing to relieve the pressure on those frontline states that have already taken in more than a million people? 1/2.
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The UK is still one of the wealthiest nations in the World and we can afford 0.7 percent of GNI to support the world’s poorest. It is also in the interests of Global Britain for us yo do so. That is why I shall be voting for the Amendment if it is called next Monday.
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This election result reflects the very real anger felt by the electorate towards Downing Street. The Prime Minister now has the Christmas recess to re-group. Nobody wants a leadership challenge in the middle of the pandemic but one more strike and he’s out.
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An Englishman’s word used to be his bond. Under Johnson that is not so.
Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale tells Andrew Castle the government's proposed Brexit amendments are damaging to the UK's 'honour and credibility as a nation.'. @AndrewCastle63 | @SirRogerGale
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Oliver Dowden is a decent and honourable man who has clearly decided that he can no longer defend the indefensible.
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Time for Farage to put up or shut up . “The time has come for Farage, Tice and the handful of members that now make up the parliamentary ‘Reform’ pressure group to put up or shut up” says the ‘Grandfather of the House’ Sir Roger Gale. 1/4.
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Seeking to re-negotiate the Northern Ireland Protocol will be regarded world-wide as an act of bad faith. 1/3.
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From a swift reading of the #InternalMarketBill it appears Ministers will be taking powers to make up the rules & the law almost at whim the much-lauded oven-ready deal now appears to have been at best half-baked when it was signed with a flourish as an achievement by the PM 1/6.
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As an honourable man, he would have to make way for somebody more able to pick up the pieces, to re-unite the whole Country and to show the leadership that Great Britain and Northern Ireland deserves. 2/2.
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I stand by the observation that I made. My impression is that Dominic Cummings is an unelected foul-mouthed liability who has no place at the heart of a Conservative Downing Street. The manner in which he has treated respected colleagues is disgraceful and he has to go. 1/2.
"You have, at the heart of Number 10, as the prime minister's senior advisor, an unelected, foul-mouthed oaf". Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale disapproves of Dominic Cummings' style in government.
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Cummings trying to re-write history with himself as the hero just does not wash. He will be remembered for one thing only - the road trip to Barnard Castle.
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David Frost is offering criticism and advice to candidates in the Tory Party leadership race. Would that be the same Mr. Frost who with Mr Johnson negotiated the Withdrawal Agreement and Northern Ireland Protocol 1/3.
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Where is the Government’s commitment to manifesto pledges on animal welfare in the legislative programme? I trust that ‘other measures will be laid before us’. It’s called ‘ keeping your word’ and we must do that.
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She will of course be criticised and vilified but she can stand tall and proud for having done what is right rather than what is expedient. 4/4.
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I find it absurd that while restrictions are placed upon public gatherings including most sporting events & that while gatherings of more than six people even within a family are prohibited, it is apparently in order to assemble in large groups to hunt.
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When Michael Howard QC & Ken Clarke QC agree that the Government’s Internal Markets Bill is unlawful it’s time for Downing Street to listen. I voted against the bill in the Commons & will support the Lords amendment if it comes to a vote. I trust that this time more will join me.
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We need a better deal - but through negotiations not through the Act of Parliament designed to renege on the Treaty that Lord Frost and Mr Johnson entered into freely and campaigned on. 2/2.
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Put simply, I will not vote to break the law. Post – December 31st the UK will be seeking trade deals with nations around the World. One of the arguments to leave the EU was to allow Britain to trade freely with countries around the world. 3/6.
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It has to be in the interest of transparency that the enquiry into the conduct of the Home Secretary is published in full, so that opinion and reaction can be founded on fact rather than media gossip.
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In a few short weeks in office Starmer has demonstrated that he is without principle or direction and that self-service is the order of the day. 2/4.
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“To date, no such policies have been offered by the Member of Parliament for Clacton or his less-than-illustrious colleagues.” 4/4.
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The Conservative Parliamentary Party clearly wants @RishiSunak in the final contest. The electorate equally clearly wants @PennyMordaunt, as the remaining candidate offering a fresh start, on the ballot paper. I believe that we have a duty to deliver the option that people want.
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I have myself been in the position of having to criticise the leadership of my own Party and it is not a happy place to be but we have to stand for what we truly believe in and that is what Rosie Duffield has done. 3/4.
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Today I said to the Home Secretary that in East Kent we have a team of people ready, willing and able to take cars and coaches to the Polish/Ukrainian border to bring people home to Britain. Can we do, as we did in 1956 & 1968 cut through the red tape and get these people home.
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Education is important but so are the lives and wellbeing of teachers and key working parents need time to plan for the care of their children. 2/2.
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Those who are too clever by half in Downing Street are in danger of jeopardising that noble enterprise in the interests of their own agendas by acting less than honourably. 6/6.
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The breaking of international law is not something that can be done on a ‘limited basis’ you either break the law or you do not. Voting against this measure is a matter of principle not just for myself or this government, but for this Country.
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Time, surely, to cut the red tape and admit any refugees with a valid Ukrainian passport and any accompanying children. If we can do it for those arriving illegally by cross-channel boats then we can do it for those fleeing from Putin’s war in Ukraine. 2/2.
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If an invasion is illegal somewhere it is illegal everywhere. The Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus (now spanning getting on for half a century) is as illegal as the Russian invasion and occupation of part of Ukraine. Both are unlawful . Both must end. Now.
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Early tonight I questioned @BorisJohnson, ‘The PM has a solution, what’s his big idea?!’.
Scenes. @BorisJohnson being heckled by his own side and then Sir Roger Gale has enough of his ranging speech - “prefer grievance to a solution. The PM has a solution. What’s his big idea?.BJ: I’m coming to that”
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I have still not declared for any candidate but on tonight’s performance @PennyMordaunt comes out ahead with @KemiBadenoch and @TomTugendhat as strong challengers. Other candidates simply do not satisfy the ‘fresh start’ and integrity test.
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Today, as an MP and as a Patron of the @ConservativeAWF, I shall vote to uphold animal welfare and farming standards in trade deals. I am one of the Commons sponsors of Lords Amendment 16 and will also support Laz 12 and 18 if called.
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“Both sides of the House are waiting in eager anticipation of his proposed solution to the problems of people trafficking, illegal cross-channel crossings and the resulting and tragic deaths of the kind that we have witnessed this weekend.” 3/4.
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“Hitherto Farage has been able to exercise populist influence without responsibility” says Gale. “Now he is a Member of Parliament he is required to come up with answers and while he sits briefly on the green opposition benches before rushing off to the television studios.” 2/4.
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Which is it? Confrontation or Negotiation? The legislation appears to be in breach of Articles 26 & 27 of the Vienna Convention on International Treaties ratified by the UK in 1971. I don’t see how I or any Member of Parliament can vote for a breach of international law. 3/3.
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That was claimed to be one of the advantages of leaving the European Union. Why would any country want to strike a deal with Britain knowing that any agreement might not be worth the paper that it was written on? 4/6.
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I fear that while there are some necessary provisions in the bill there will be many on the Conservative benches that, like myself, will be unable to support it without radical revision that allows it to comply with the International agreement that we have signed up to. 2/6.
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Confirmed that a ban on importing hunting trophies will go ahead and be tougher than the manifesto commitment. Not in the headline Queen’s Speech but the Secretary of State has told me personally that the bill will be introduced.
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Even as one who has been critical of some of Mr Johnson’s actions I find it hard to accept that the criticism of the prorogation of Parliament is anything other than synthetic. This parliament has sat for longer in this session than at any time in the last 400 years. 1/4.
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Commiserations to Conservative candidates who deserved better. The soul of our Party is at stake. 2/2.
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The Northern Ireland Protocol Thread:. The published legislation seeks to unilaterally over-ride the Northern Ireland Protocol contained within the Withdrawal Agreement freely entered into and signed by the present Prime Minister. 1/3.
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Fortune favours the brave, but not the foolhardy. Without the support of an OBR (Office of Budget Responsibility) Kwazi Kwarteng’s not-so-mini budget is certainly brave but also looks very high risk indeed. I trust that the promised detailed figures will underpin his calculations.
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We are at the endgame of serious negotiations. It is to our mutual advantage to strike a fair agreement and a good relationship with the EU27. 5/6.
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I fear that many loyal members of the Conservative Party will feel disenfranchised by this result: I have to date not declared my endorsement and I do not propose to do so now. 1/2.
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Kent is a generous & compassionate County but we cannot safely accept anymore unaccompanied cross- channel migrant children. The Home Secretary instigated an inquiry into this 9 months ago, the rest of England must play its part. What is the Home Secretary going to do about it?.
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The time has come in the interest of the Country that Mr Cummings is seen out through the door, immediately. We need a serious heavyweight player with good political judgement who can say to the PM not what he wants to hear but what he needs to hear. It is a matter of urgency.
"It really is time that Downing Street got in place. somebody with big boy pants on". Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale says a prime minister needs "heavyweight help" as one of Boris Johnson's closest aides Lee Cain quits .
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Braverman is wildly wrong to suggest a ‘coup’ against the PM. Time that Mrs Truss started listening to those of goodwill who are telling her what she needs to hear rather than apparatchiks who tell her what she wants to hear.
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Because if so then I do not believe that Badenoch, Mordaunt, Sunak or Tugendhat - or the parliamentary Conservative Party - are likely to benefit from his opinions! 3/3.
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That was so flawed that the Government is now trying to legislate in breach of international law to try to repair the damage? 2/3.
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Those of us who supported the Withdrawal Agreement did not expect that the Clause 38 “Get Out Of Jail” provision would be used to try to re-write an international agreement signed up to by the Prime Minister. 2/3.
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Having given Mrs Elphicke considerable personal support at the time when she most needed it I think it is fair to say that her monumental demonstration of disloyalty to her former friends warrants mild disappointment! 1/3.
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With Beatrice at the house of Commons - supporting Henry Smith MP and his campaign to ban cages for laying hens.
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I want to see a deal with the EU but that is a matter for largely M.Barnier and if we reach 31st Dec without one then so be it. What we must not do though is to undermine our international credibility. Britain is an honourable Country and that honour is not for sale or barter 3/3.
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A big ‘thank you’ for following me on Twitter. I’m astonished to find that there are now more than a thousand of you! Social media is still, to me, a new platform but I am pleased that I can engage with new contacts & of course it helps to keep me in touch with my ‘younger side’!.
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I, like many of my constituents, am appalled to see the way in which Southern Water keep using our bathing waters as a dumping site. I have not been able to vote on the amendments or the Environment Bill itself as I chaired the Bill through the committee stages. 1/3.
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Even though filleted this report is a damning indictment of the culture that has prevailed in Johnson’s Downing Street. This Prime Minister has clearly ‘inadvertently’ misled the House and he must take the consequences of so doing.
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I shall be voting against the Northern Ireland (Abortion) Regulations today. I have consistently opposed abortion on demand. I also believe that it must be for the people of NI & The NI Assembly & not for the Parliament of the UK to determine this issue in their own interests.
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Unless there is a government concession I shall again support the St Albans amendment to the fire safety bill tomorrow. We have to give protection from excessive remedial costs to those living in bocks of flats.
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Either Mr Johnson gets this under control or the Prime Minister’s own reputation will suffer further and possibly terminal damage. 2/2.
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A great honour to be invited to the unveiling of the House of Commons portrait of Theresa May - a lady who history will judge more kindly than her contemporaries as one of Britain’s most principled and courageous Prime Ministers.
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I’m standing to be the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. I served as a Deputy Speaker for the last 18 months of the last parliament & believe I earned a reputation as being firm, fair, courteous & impartial. To my fellow MPs on Tuesday vote Roger Gale [1] for #DeputySpeaker
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I am honoured to have been reselected this evening as the Conservative party candidate to contest the North Thanet seat at the next General Election.
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A useful meeting with the Housing Minister this afternoon. The war in Ukraine must be a game-changer. Food sustainability is vital and we need our farmland to grow crops not to smother in housing. We are not going to become self-sufficient again using window boxes!.
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The @ConservativeAWF, of which I am a Patron, and many other animal welfare organisations (including Compassion in World Farming, the RSPCA, the League Against Cruel Sports and the Humane Society International) have written jointly to the Prime Minister. 1/4.
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David and I entered the House together in 1983 and I regard him as a dear friend and a brave & compassionate MP. The loss to his family, who David always put first, and to the House is appalling. But David died doing what David always did - looking after his constituents.
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Today marks 39 years of being the Member of Parliament for North Thanet. A job that brings reward and frustration everyday. A lot has changed during my time but I thrive on the challenge to adapt. And there is more still to achieve for my constituents and the country.
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.@PennyMordaunt is the last ‘insurgent’ candidate. I believe she is honest, has integrity and will bring the Country together, that’s why I am backing her. #PM4PM #PutPennyOnTheBallot
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Having made my position clear I believe that we should if possible afford Ms Gray the courtesy of allowing her to conclude & present her report of her investigations into allegations of improper 'party' events in Downing Street before instigating further action if appropriate 2/3.
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