Nice to hear from you, Andy. Thanks for the by election. We live for such things.
I’m in no doubt life is tough for lots of folk in Makerfield. But it’s hardly a poster child for urban squalor/deprivation.
Thatcher left power in 1990. She was followed by seven years of unThatcher Major and 13 years of Labour government, of which you were a part. So it’s quite a stretch to blame her for any continuing woes. Unless we blame Labour for failing to put anything right.
On the other hand the houses you were walking past were bought by the tenants under Thatcher’s right to buy scheme, which has given them some pride in place and some wealth they once could only have dreamt of accumulating.
I assume your pledge to ‘renationalise housing’ does not include taking these homes back into public ownership ... even if that would constitute a proper, radical reversal of the Thatcherism you’re (some what bizarrely) campaigning against.
"Rob has not spoken to me since he left the Conservative Party in the way that he did," shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins says
"I don't personalise this," Reform's Robert Jenrick responds
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.@SorchaEastwood: "Here's what I don't understand, everything that was out there about Mandelson that would have been cause for concern was open source material. It was out there.. there's a stink here and the public smell it"
Well 1,061 certainly didn’t stay ‘a little back’. That’s the number of non-American NATO troops who were killed in support of US actions in Afghanistan.
He really is ungracious, ignorant and uncaring on such matters. Especially unbecoming from someone who managed to avoid military service himself.
Reform UK are acting like they’re revolutionising politics.
Here @andreajenkyns last night shows exactly why they are not.
Do your research before bringing the sass.
Bloody hell, President Zelensky is taking on both Trump and Vance in the Oval Office. He is the only leader who's visited Trump who is telling it like it is.
He's got more balls than every other man who's ever been in that room.
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First major event as East Midlands Conservatives Regional Chair today: attending the selection meeting of the Greater Lincolnshire Mayor.
Congrats to Cllr Rob Waltham who will be our candidate next May #TeamBlue🔵
It is good to see the result of the recent resurfacing scheme on Firebeacon Lane. Nothing more satisfying than looking at freshly laid tarmac and new markings.
Firebeacon Lane was in such a poor state. I am pleased my campaign to get this road resurfaced has finally been done.
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On Friday I had the opportunity to ask a question at full council to Cllr. Sue Woolley, the Executive Member for NHS Liaison about Louth Hospital providing access to the Urgent Treatment Centre.
However it is also important to command the support of the parliamentary party and he therefore took the dignified decision to put what is best for the country ahead of himself. I would now encourage others to do the same. 2/2
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Fantastic to be at the Destination Lincolnshire Tourism Awards. Recognising the great tourism businesss across Lincolnshire. Proud that ELDC are one of the sponsors
@LouthMatters @LouthEye @LincolnshireCC As the County councillor for Louth North I was present at this meeting. People have had enough. Time now for the county council to abandon the scheme altogether. This is what I’ll be pushing for on the Louth Transport Board.
The louder the squealing from the left, the more certain @KwasiKwarteng and @trussliz will be that they have got this right. They are truly creating an aspiration nation.
market town - they are the wrong design, in the wrong place and an accident waiting to happen. Trial or no trial, they should be removed urgently. Let’s focus on the things that will improve the shopping experience and help make a real difference to local businesses. (2/2)
So you would give people more money to get them through the crisis?
“Of course I would” says Rishi Sunak, pointing to his record on furlough.
Why is his potential spending to alleviate cost of living crisis non-inflationary, but a tax cut is inflationary? It doesn’t make sense.
I have a clear plan and vision for our country and economy - and I'm ready to deliver as Prime Minister from day one.
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